. NMT03-T0211
Volume III · Page 211
| [administra…] tive order has
been promulgated before this decree comes into force, but after 25 July 1944.
Berlin, 25 August 1944 |
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| The Reich Minister of Justice
As deputy, KLEMM¹ |
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| TRANSLATION OF KLEMM DOCUMENT 57 KLEMM DEFENSE EXHIBIT 57 |
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| EXTRACTS FROM
DECREE, 13 DECEMBER 1944, FOR THE FURTHER ADAPTATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF TOTAL WAR (FOURTH DECREE FOR THE SIMPLIFICATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE) |
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| 1944 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 339 | |
| In pursuance of the decree of the Fuehrer concerning special powers of the Reich Minister of Justice, dated 20 August 1942,² (Reichsgesetzblatt 1, p. 535), in connection with the decree of the Fuehrer concerning total war, dated 25 July 1944 (Reichsgesetzblatt I, p. 161), and in agreement with the Reich Minister and chief of the Reich Chancellery, the chief of the Party Chancellery, and the Plenipotentiary for the Administration of the Reich, the following is ordered: | |
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| Part II | |
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| Article
12 Limited Admittance of Defense Counsel |
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| (1) In one criminal case, several
lawyers or professional representatives may not act side by side as chosen
counsel for one defendant. (2) The rules about obligatory representation by defense counsel do not apply. The presiding judge appoints a defense counsel for the whole or part of the proceedings if the difficulty of the factual or legal problems makes assistance by a defense counsel necessary, or if the defendant, in due consideration of his personality, is unable to defend himself personally. |
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| Berlin, 13 December 1944 | |
| The Reich Minister
of Justice DR. THIERACK |
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¹At this time the defendant Klemm was one of several Under Secretaries (Staatsselrretaere) in the Reich Ministry of justice.
² Reproduced on page 207 as a part of Doc. NG-715, Pros. Ex. 112.
