The Holocaust Historiography Project

Partial translation of document 3606-PS

        OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE MILITARY COMMANDER IN
                 BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE

   [VOBL — Verordnungsblatt des Militaerbefehlshabers in
                           Belgien
            und Nordfrankreich] 1940-41, Page 38

             Rationing decree dated 27 May 1940
                         Section 10

It is punishable by imprisonment and fine or one of these
penalties to --

1. Violate by intention or through negligence an order
issued in virtue of this decree, or in virtue of  the
regulation issued in execution or amendment of the above
decree.

2. Make or use false or incomplete statements of facts to
surreptitiously obtain for himself or any other person a
permit, consent, pledge or other certificate which are
issued in virtue of this decree, or in virtue of a decree of
a goods office.

3. Violate the obligation for secrecy in accordance with
paragraph 9, section 2.