The Reich Constitution of August 11th 1919 (Weimar Constitution) with Modifications (1)

Article 78
Foreign relations are a matter of the Reich exclusively.
In matters which underlie state legislation, the states may sign treaties with foreign countries; these treaties have to be approved by the Reich.
Agreements with foreign countries concerning changes of the Reich borders may only be established if based on a Reich law, unless it is merely about a correction of the border in uninhabited areas.
In order to guarantee the representation of interests. which, for certain states, emerge out of special economic relations with or proximity to neighbouring countries, the Reich will decide appropriate institutions and measures in close consultation with the concerned states.

Article 79
Reich defense is a Reich matter. Military service will be regulated uniform, with consideration to regional traditions.

Article 80
Colonial affairs are exclusively Reich responsibility.

Article 81
All German merchant vessels form a uniform merchant fleet.

Article 82
Germany forms one customs and trade territory, surrounded by a common customs border.
This customs border coincides with the border separating Germany from foreign countries. On the sea, the coastline of the mainland and of the islands belonging to the Reich form the customs border. Concerning the customs border on the sea and at other bodies of water, alterations may be arranged.
Foreign state territories or parts thereof may be attached to the customs territory by international treaty or agreement.
Certain areas may be excluded from the customs territory, if certain special conditions apply. Concerning free ports, this exclusion can only be lifted by a constitution amending law.
Territories excluded from the German customs territory may be attached to a foreign customs territory by international treaty.
All products of nature. of craftsmanship and industry, which are freely traded within the Reich, may be ex-, imported and transported across the Reich. Exceptions, based on a Reich law, are permissible.

Article 83
Customs and consumption taxes are managed by the Reich administration.
When it comes to the management of Reich taxation by Reich offices, institutions have to be established which safeguard special state interests in the areas of agriculture, trade and industry.

Article 84
The Reich, by the means of legislation, establishes regulations for :
1. the establishment of state taxation management, inasmuch a uniform and equanimous application of Reich taxation laws require;
2. the establishment and authority of the administration branches responsible for the supervision of the execution of Reich taxation laws;
3. the clearing with the states;
4. compensation for the costs of administration caused by the execution of Reich taxation laws.

Article 85 (15)
All Reich revenues and expenses have to be calculated for every single financial year and have to be included in the budget.
The budget is determined before the financial year begins. Under normal circumstances, the expenses are approved for one year; under extraordinary circumstances they can be approved for a longer period. Otherwise, regulations within the budget extending over the period of one year, or which do not deal with the Reich's revenues or expenses, are not permissible. In the budget, Reichstag may not raise expenses in the budget without the approval of Reichsrat.
Reichsrat approval may be replaced by the specifications in Article 74.

Article 86 (16)
Regarding the utilization of the Reich's revenues, the minister of finances, in the name of the Reich government, will report to Reichsrat and Reichstag. Auditing will be regulated by a Reich law.

Article 87 (17)
Only in case of extraordinary demand, and normally only for the purpose of paying for advertisement, may funds be acquired by the means of credits. 
Such acquisition, as well as reliability at the Reich's expense, may only be undertaken if based on a Reich law.

Article 88
Post and telegraph service is to be administrated exclusively by the Reich.
Within the entire Reich, uniform postage stamps are used.
The Reich government establishes, with Reichsrat approval, regulations which fix principles and fees for the use of public infrastructure. It may transfer this authority, with Reichsrat approval, to the minister of posts and telegraphs.
In order to consult it in postal, telegraph and telephone affairs, the Reich government, with Reichsrat approval, establishes an advisory council.
Treaties concerning the communication with foreign countries are exclusively concluded by the Reich.

Article 89
It is the Reich's task to take over the property of those railroads which serve public transportation, and to administrate them jointly. State claims to acquire private railroads are to be transferred to the Reich on demand.

Article 90
Together with the transfer of railroads in state property, the Reich claims the authority of expropriation and the state sovereignty rights concerning railroads.
In case of disagreement the supreme court will decide the extent of these rights.

Article 91
The Reich government, with Reichsrat approval, will establish regulations for the construction and maintenance of railways. It may transfer this authority, with Reichsrat approval, to the responsible Reich minister.

Article 92
The Reich railways are to the administrated as a separate economic enterprise, which has to balance its expenses including the payment of interests and downpayment of debt, and which has to establish a railroad fund, notwithstanding the inclusion of their budget and balance in the general Reich budget and balance.
The size of downpayment rates and of the railroad fund, as well as the utilization of the latter have to be determined by a separate law.

Article 93
The Reich government, with Reichsrat approval, establishes advisory councils to advise it in affairs concerning railroads and tariffs.

Article 94
If the Reich has taken over the railways serving general transportation in a certain area, only the Reich may construct new railways serving general transportation. If the construction of new railway lines or the alteration of existing railway lines interferes with state authority, the Reich railway administration has, before making a decision, to consult the state authorities.
In areas where the Reich has not yet taken railway lines serving general traffic under its administration, it may, even against the objection of those states whose territory is crossed, but without violating state sovereignty, construct railways at its own expense of have the railway construction to a third party, if necessary granting it the right to 
expropriate.
Every railway administration has to accept the connection of other railways, at the latter's expense.

Article 95
Railways serving general transportation, which are not administrated by the Reich, are subject to Reich supervision.
Railways under Reich supervision have to be constructed and equipped according to the same principles. They have to be maintained, to meet safety standards, and they have to be expanded if necessary. Persons and goods have to be transported in accordance with demand.
When it comes to the supervision of tariffs, emphasis is to be laid on uniform and low railway tariffs.

Article 96
All railways not serving general transportation have, in case of need, for the purpose of national defense, follow Reich instructions.

Article 97
It is the Reich's task to take waterways serving general transportation into Reich property and administration.
After the Reich has taken them over, new waterways may be constructed, and existing ones expanded, only by the Reich or with its approval.
When it comes to the administration, expansion or new construction of waterays, requirements state culture and water administration have to be considered, in communication with state authorities. The progress of state culture and water administration has to be considered.
Every waterway administration has to accept the connection of other inland waterways at the expense of the connecting entrepreneur. The same obligation is valid concerning the connection of inland waterways and railways. 
Together with the transfer of the waterways the Reich claims the authority to expropriate, the authority to regulate tariffs and river police.
The Strombauverband (18) responsibilities in the Rhine, Weser and Elbe areas are to be taken over by the Reich.

Article 98
The Reich government, with Reichsrat approval, establishes advisory councils to advise in waterways affairs.

Article 99
On natural waterways, fees may only be collected for works, institutions and installations which facilitate traffic. In case of state of communal installations they may not exceed the costs for construction and maintenance. In case of installations which do not exclusively serve traffic purposes, may only cover the proportionate fraction of their costs by fees 
on shipping. Interest and downpayment on debts taken on to cover construction expenses are to be regarded as construction expenses.
The aforelisted regulations apply to fees collected on artificial waterways, on installations adjacent to them and in harbours.
In inland navigation waterway usage fees may be calculated on the basis of an individual waterway, a river basin or a network of waterways.
These regulations also apply for log drifting on navigable waterways. Only the Reich is entitled to establish a set of fees which impose higher fees on foreign ships than those taken from German ships.
In order to acquire the means to maintain and extend the German network of waterways, the Reich may, by the means of a law, ask those concerned with the navigation to contribute in other ways.

Article 100
To cover the expenses for maintenance and construction of inland waterways, by Reich law, also those can be asked to contribute who profit in ways other than navigation from the construction of artificial dams, if several states are concerned or the Reich finances the dam.

Article 101
It is the Reich's responsibility to take possession of all nautical marks, 
especially lighthouses, light vessels, buoys, tons and beacons and to organize their administration and maintenance. After the takeover, nautical marks may only be produced and/or expanded by the Reich or with its approval.

Seventh Chapter : Jurisdiction

Article 102
Judges are independent and subject only to the law.

Article 103
Ordinary jurisdiction is exercised by the Reich court and the state courts.

Article 104
Judges serving ordinary jurisdiction are appointed for lifetime.
Against their will they can only be suspended temporarily or forced into early retirement or transferred to another location if a judge decided so, based on reasons and according to procedures determined by law. Legislation may establish an age limit, at which judges retire.
Preliminary suspension conform with the law will not be affected.
In case of a change in the institution of courts or their districts the state administration of justice may order the involuntary transfer of judges to another court or out of office, but only under the condition that their salary will be paid continuously.
These regulations do not affect commercial judges, lay assessors and jury members.

Article 105
Extraordinary courts are inadmissible. Nobody may be deprived of his ordinary judge. Legal regulations concerning military jurisdiction and court martial are not affected hereby. Military courts of honour are abolished herewith.

Article 106
Military jurisdiction is to be lifted, except in times of war and on board of warships. Further details are given by a Reich law.

Article 107
In the Reich and in the states administrative courts have to exist, according to the laws, to protect the individual against bureaucratic decrees.

Article 108
In accordance with a law, a supreme court will be established for the German Reich.

Second Part
Basic rights and obligations of the Germans

First Chapter : The Individual

Article 109
All Germans are equal in front of the law.
In principle, men and women have the same rights and obligations.
Legal privileges or disadvantages based on birth or social standing are to be abolished.
Noble titles form part of the name only; noble titles may not be granted any more.
Titles may only be granted, if they indicate an office or occupation; academic degrees are not affected by this regulation.
The state may no more bestow orders and medals.
No German may accept titles or orders from a foreign government.

Article 110
Nationality in the Reich and in the states is acquired and lost according to the specifications of a Reich law. Every state national simultaneously is Reich national.
Every German, in every state, enjoys the same rights and obligations as the respective state nationals.

Article 111
All Germans enjoy freedom to move and settle down. Everybody is entitled to stay and settle anywhere within the Reich, to acquire property and to pursue his trade. Limitations require a Reich law.

Article 112
Every German is entitled to emigrate into non-German countries. Emigration can only be limited by a Reich law.
All Reich Germans are entitled to Reich protection against foreign administrations, within and outside of the Reich.
No German may be extradited to a foreign country.

Article 113
Reich communities speaking a foreign language may not be deprived by legislation of their national identity, especially in the use of their mother language in education, in local administration and jurisdiction.

Article 114
The rights of the individual are inviolable. Limitation or deprivation of individual liberty is admissible only if based on laws.
Persons deprived of their liberty have to be notified, at the next day on the latest, by which authority and based on which reasons the deprivation of their liberty has been ordered; immediately they have to be given the opportunity to protest against the deprivation of liberty.

Article 115
Every German's home is an asylum and inviolable. Exceptions are admissible only if based on a law.

Article 116
An action can only be punished if the action has been described as punishable by law, before the action was undertaken.

Article 117
Privacy of correspondence, of mail, telegraphs and telephone are inviolable. Exceptions are admissible only if based on a Reich law.

Article 118
Every German is entitled, within the bounds set by general law, to express his opinion freely in word, writing, print, image or otherwise. No job contract may obstruct him in the exercise of this right; nobody may put him at a disadvantage if he makes use of this right.
There is no censorship; in case of the cinema, other regulations may be established by law. Also in order to combat trashy and obscene literature, as well as for the protection of the youth in public exhibitions and performances legal measures are permissible.

Second Chapter : Life within a Community

Article 119
Marriage, as the foundation of the family and the preservation and expansion of the nation, enjoys the special protection of the constitution. It is based on the equality of both genders.
It is task of both the state and the communities to strengthen and socially promote the family. Large families may claim social welfare.
Motherhood is placed under state protection and welfare.

Article 120
It is the supreme obligation and natural right of the parents to raise their offspring to bodily, spiritual and social fitness; the governmental authority supervises it.

Article 121
Legislation has to create equal preconditions for children born out of wedlock, concerning their bodily, spiritual and social development, as they are given to legitimate children.

Article 122
Youth is to be protected against exploitation as well as against moral and spiritual dissipation, bodily neglect. State and communities have to take appropriate measures.
Measures which interfere by the means of force in the parents' right to raise their children may only be taken if based on a law.

Article 123
All Germans have the right to assemble peacefully and unarmed; such assemblies do not require any prior notification or special permit.
A Reich law can require prior notification for assemblies taking place in the open, and it can, in case of imminent danger for public security, stipulate that such assemblies in the open may be prohibited.

Article 124
All Germans are entitled, for means which do not conflict with penal laws, to form clubs or societies. This right may not be limited by preventive measures. These regulations also apply for religious societies.
Every club is free to acquire legal capacity. No club may be denied of it because of it pursuing political, socio-political or religious goals.

Article 125
Liberty and secrecy of ballot are guaranteed. Further details are specified by election laws.

Article 126
Every German is entitled to address the respective authority or parliament with petitions or grievances. This right may be exercised both by the individual or jointly by a group of individuals.

Article 127
Communities and associations of communities are entitled to self-administrations, within the limits set by law.

Article 128
All citizens, without discrimination, are to be admitted, according to their talents and accomplishments, to public office.
All regulations discrimination against female Beamte are abolished. The status and working conditions of Beamte have to be regulated by Reich law.

Article 129
Beamte are employed for lifetime, unless specified otherwise by law. Pension and dependents' pensions are regulated by law. Beamte's acquired rights are inviolable. Beamte are entitled to take the course of law to claim their proprietary claims.
Only under certain conditions and procedures, specified by law, may Beamte be suspended temporarily or to be retired of to be transferred into another office with lower pay.
The opportunity to appeal against any official penalization, and to request reinstatement, must be given. Negative entries may only then be written in personal records if the respective Beamter has been given the opportunity to comment. The Beamte has to be given access into his personal records.
The inviolability of his acquired rights and the option to take the course of law are guaranteed especially for the professional soldier. Their status otherwise is regulated by Reich law.

Article 130
Beamte serve society in its entirety, not a specific party. All Beamte enjoy freedom of political opinion any freedom to join clubs and organizations.
According to legal Reich specification, Beamte will be given specific Beamte representation.

Article 131
If a Beamter, in exercise of public authority entrusted on him, violates his obligation of office toward a third person, responsibility falls fundamentally upon the state or the corporation in the service of which the Beamte acts. Recourse agaist the Beamte is reserved. The course of law may not be excluded. Further details are to be provided by competent legislation.

Article 132
Every German is, in accordance with the law, obliged to take on honorary activities.

Article 133
All citizens are obliged, in accordance with the law, to provide personal services for state and community.
Compulsory military service is regulated by the specifications of the Reich defense law. This also stipulates inhowfar the individual's rights are to be limited in order to uphold discipline and for the Wehrmacht (19) to fulfil its tasks.

Article 134
All citizens without discrimination contribute in relation to their means to the public burden, in accordance with the laws.

Third Chapter : Religion and Religious Communities.

Article 135
All Reich inhabitants enjoy full freedom of liberty and conscience. Undisturbed practise of religion is guaranteed by the constitution and is placed under the protection of the state. General state laws are not affected hereby.

Article 136
Civil and civic rights and obligations are neither conditioned nor limited by the exercise of freedom of religion. The exercise of civil or civic rights, the admittance to public offices are independent of religios confession.
Nobody is obliged to profess his religious confession publicly. Public authority may only ask for religious affiliation as far as rights and obligations derive or an officialy decreed census requires. Nobody may be forced to participate in a religious act or festivity, to join in religious practices or to swear a religious oath formula.

Article 137
There is no state church.
Freedom to form religious communities is guaranteed. Regarding the unification of religious communities within the Reich territory there are no limitations.
Every religious community administrates its own affairs without interference of state or community.
Religious communities acquire legal capacity according to general specifications of civil law.
Religious communities, as far as they have been, remain public corporations.
Other religious societies have to be granted the same rights on application, if they, by the means of their number and constitution, indicate to be lasting. If several religious communities with the status of public corporations form a confederation, the status of public corporation is extended to this confederation.
Religious communities with the status of public corporations are entitled to raise taxes based on fiscal records and in accordance with state regulations.
Religious communities are given equal status with civic organizations which cultivate a philosophy of life.
Inasmuch as the application of these regulations requires further details, these have to be established by state legislation.

Article 138
State contributions to religious communities, inasmuch they are based on law, treaty or specific legal claim, are to be handled by state legislation. 
The Reich provides the principles herefor.
The religious communities' and organization's right to own institutions serving public welfare, education and religious service, to own respective endowments and other property are guaranteed.

Article 139
Sunday and other state holidays are designated as days of rest from work and spiritual collection and are, as such, protected by law.

Article 140
Soldiers have to be given appropriate free time to fulfil their religious obligations.

Article 141
Insofar there is demand for religious service and ministerial work in the army, in hospitals, prisons or other public institutions, religious organizations have to be permitted to take care of these, and they have to ke kept clear of any form of force.

Fourth Chapter : Education and School.

Article 142
The arts, science and instruction are free. State provides protection and participates in its cultivation.

Article 143
The education of the youth has to be provided by public institutions. In their establishment, Reich, states and communities cooperate.
The training of teachers has to be regulated uniform for the Reich, according to principles applying generally for higher education.
Teachers at public schools enjoy the rights and share the duties of state Beamte.

Article 144
Schooling entirely is placed under state supervision; the state can give a share in that supervision to the communities. School supervision is taken charge of by full-time, professionally qualified Beamte.

Article 145
Schooling is obligatory. This obligation is served by the Volksschule (20) with at least 8 school years and the school for further instruction, following on the former, until the completed 18th year. Instruction and learning aids are, at Volksschule and at schools for further instruction, free of charge.

Article 146
Public schooling has to be organized organically. Middle and high schools are based on an elementary school common for everybody. For the organization of the school system the variety of occupations, for the acceptance of a child into a school his talent and inclination, but not the economic and social position nor the religious confession of his parents are authoritative.
Within the communities, at the request of Erziehungsberechtigten (21), Volksschulen of their confession or world outlook have to be established, if this does not obstruct the regular operation of the school. 
The wish of those Erziehungsberechtigter has, when possible, to be considered. Further details are specified by state legislation, according to principles laid down in a Reich law.
Reich, states and communities have to provide funds to allow poor children access to middle and high schools, to grant financial aid to parents, whose children are regarded qualified for the education on middle and high schools, until their education is ended.

Article 147
Private schools in lieu of public schools require state approval and are subject to state laws. Approval has to be granted, if the private schools do meet the standards of public schools in their educational goals as well as in their installations and in the qualification of their staff, and if they do not promote any differentiated treatment of children according to the wealth of their parents.
Approval has to be withheld, if the financial security of the teaching staff is insufficiently guaranteed.
Private primary schools are to be approved only, if there is no public primary school for a minority of persons with educational power which have applied for a school of their confession or world outlook according to Art. 
146 Par. 2, or if the community recognizes a special educational interest.
Private preschools are to be abolished..
Private schools not competing with public schools continue under existing law.

Article 148
All schools have to work towards ethical education, patriotic spirit, personal and occupational fitness in the spirit of German nationality and international understanding.
In the instruction at public schools it has to be taken into consideration not to hurt the feelings of dissenters.
Civics and teaching by doing are school subjects. Every pupil, upon graduation, will be given a copy of the constitution.
Secondary education, including Volkshochschulen (22) have to be promoted by Reich, states and communities.

Article 149
Religious instruction is a regular subject at schools, except at schools without confession. Its instruction will be regulated by school legislation. 
It will be taught in accordance with the principles of the respective religious community, nothwithstanding the state's right of supervision.
Religious instruction and participation in religious activities remains a willful activity of teachers; in case of the children participation in religious instruction and ceremonies is left to the decision of those who have to decide over their religious education.
Theological departments at universities continue to operate.

Article 150
Artistic, historical and natural monuments and the landscape enjoy state protection and care.
It is task of the Reich to prevent the export of German cultural property into foreign countries.

Fifth Chapter : The Economy

Article 151
The economy has to be organized based on the principles of justice, with the goal of achieving life in dignity for everyone. Within these limits the economic liberty of the individual is to be secured.
Legal force is permissible to realize threatened rights or in the service of superseding demands of public welfare.
Freedom of trade and industry will be realized according to a Reich law.

Article 152
Freedom of contract is the foundation of economic transactions, according to the laws. Usury is prohibited. Legal transactions offending good manners are invalid.

Article 153
Property is guaranteed by the constitution. Laws determine its content and limitation.
Expropriation may only be decreed based on valid laws and for the purpose of public welfare. It has to be executed with appropriate compensation, unless specified otherwise by Reich law. Regarding the amount of the compensation, the course of law at general courts has to be kept open in case of a controversy, unless Reich laws specify otherwise.
Expropriations by the Reich at the expense of the states, communities or charitable organizations may only be executed if accompanied by appropriate compensation.
Property obliges. Its use shall simultaneously be service for the common best.

Article 154
The right of inheritance is guaranteed accordling to civil law. The state's share in the inheritance is determined by the laws.

Article 155
The distribution and usage of real estate is supervised by the state in order to prevent abuse and in order to strive to secure healthy housing to all German families, especially those with many children. War veterans have to be given special consideration in the homestead law to be written.
Real estate, the acquisition of which is necessary to answer the demand for housing, to promote settlement and cultivation of the soil and to elevate agricultural cultivation, may be expropriated. Fideicommissa are to be abolished.
The owner of the soil is obliged to the community to cultivate and exploit the soil. Any increase in the value of the real estate which does not result from the investment of labour or capital has to be made utilizable to the community.
All mineral wealth and all economically utilizable natural energy sources are under state supervision. Private rights are to be transferred into state property by the means of legislation.

Article 156
The Reich may transfer economic enterprises suited for nationalization into common property, if the regulations for expropriation are obeyed and if compensation is not violated. It may join in the administration of economic enterprises or syndicates or may order the states or communities to do so, or ot may otherwise assure decisive influence.
In case of urgent demand the Reich furthermore may enforce the merger of economic enterprises and syndicates for the benefit of public welfare with the aim to assure the cooperation of all producing sections of the people, 
in order to participate employers and employees in the administration, in order to regulate production, distribution, usage, pricing, im- and export of wares according to principles of the social economy.
Consumer and economic cooperatives and their federations are, upon their request and in consideration of their constitution and character, to be included in the social economy.

Article 157
Labour enjoys the special protection of the Reich. The Reich will provide uniform labour legislation.

Article 158
Intellectual creation, the rights of authors, inventors and artists enjoy protection and care of the Reich.
The achievements of German science, art and technology have to be given recognition and protection abroad by the means of international treaties.

Article 159
The right to form unions and to improve conditions at work as well as in the economy is guaranteed to every individual and to all occupations. All agreements and measures limiting or obstructing this right are illegal.

Article 160
Who is in the service or employment, be it as a worker or salaried employee, is entitled to make use of his civic rights, and, inasfar no considearble economic damage results of it for the enterprise, to be granted the required free time for the exercise of public honorary offices bestowed upon him.
Inasfar he is entitled to continue to receive his pay will be determined by law.

Article 161
In order to maintain health and the ability to wotk, in order to protect motherhood and to prevent economic consequences of age, weakness and to protect against the vicissitudes of life the Reich establishes a comprehensive system of insurances, based on the critical contrivution of the insured.

Article 162
The Reich advocates an international regulation of the rights of the workers, which strives to safeguard a minimum of social rights for humanity's working class.

Article 163
Notwithstanding his personal liberty, every German is obliged to invest his intellectual and physical energy in such a way as necessary for public benefit.
Every German shall be given the opportunity to earn his living by economic labour.
In case appropriate job openings can not be provided, he will receive financial support. Further details are specified by Reich law.

Article 164
The interests of the self-employed in agriculture, industry and trade are to be promoted in legislation and administration, and they are to be protected against takeover and overburdening.

Article 165
Workers and employees are called upon to participate, on an equal footing and in cooperation with the employers, in the regulation of wages and working conditions as well as in the economic development of productive forces. The organizations formed by both sides and their mutual agreements are recognized.
Workers and employees are granted, in order to represent their social and economic interests, legal representations in Enterprise Workers' Councils as well as in District Workers' Councils, organized for the various economic areas, and in a Reich workers' council.
District workers' councils and the Reich workers' council, in order to fulfil the economic tasks and to execute the socialization laws in cooperation with the employers, join Discrict economic councils and a Reich economic council, in which the employers' representatives and other concerned circles also participate.
The district economic councils and the Reich economic council are to be organized in such a way, that all important professions are represented according to their economic and social importance.
Basic law drafts of social-political and economic character are to be presented by the Reich government to the Reich economic council for approval, before they are presented to Reichstag. The Reich economic council is entitled to propose such law drafts. If the Reich government does not approve to such a draft, it has to present the draft to Reichstag, accompanied by an explanation of its diverting position. The Reich economic council is entitled to have one of its members represent the draft in the Reichstag.
Supervision and administration authority may be transferred to the workers' and economic councils within the area they are responsible for.
The regulation of consistence and tasks of the workers' and economic councils, as well as their relation to other bodies of self-administration is exclusively a Reich matter.

Transition and Final Decrees

Article 166
The Reich court will establish an election supervision court in lieu of the Reich administation court, until the latter is established.

Article 167
The regulations of Article 18 Paragraphs 3 and 6 will take force only 2 years after the proclamation of the Reich constitution.
In the Prussian province of Upper Silesia, within two months after the German administration will have taken control of the currently occupied area, a plebiscite will be held according to article 18 paragraph 4.1 and paragraph 5, answering the question if a separate state of Upper Silesia shall be formed.
If this question is affirmed, the state has to be created immediately, without the necessity to pass a Reich law. Following conditions have to be observed :
1. a state assembly has to be elected, which, within 3 months after the proclamation of the official final result of the plebiscite, has to form a state government and to call for the vote on a state constitution. The Reich president will decree election regulations according to the Reich election law, and will fix a day for the election.
2. The Reich president, in agreement with the Upper Silesian state assembly, will determine when the state is to be regarded as established.
3. All those acquire Upper Silesian nationality who : 
a) are adult Reich nationals who reside or permanently dwell in Upper Silesia on the day the state is established
b) other adult Prussian nationals who have been born in Upper Silesia and who declare within a year of the establishment of the state that they desire to acquire Upper Silesian nationality
c) all Reich nationals who follow persons listed under a or by by birth, legitimation or marriage (23)

Article 168
Until the state law mentioned in article 63 is passed, but until July 1st 1921 at the latest, the Prussia will be represented in the Reichsrat by members of the Reich government. (24)

Article 169
The time when article 83 paragraph 1 will take force will be determined by the Reich government.
Within an adequate transition period the raise and administration of customs and consuption taxes may be left to the states, at their request.

Article 170
The Bavarian and Württemberg postal and telegraph services will be transferred to the Reich, on April 1st 1921 at the latest.
If no agreement over the conditions of the transfer have been made by October 1st 1920, the Reich supreme court will decide.
Until the transition Bavaria's and Württemberg's traditional rights and obligations remain in force. Postal and telegraph connections with foreign countries are to be handled by the Reich exclusively.

Article 171
State railways, waterways and navigational aids are transferred into Reich property by April 1st 1921, at the latest.
Unless no agreement has been achieved regarding the transfer, the supreme court will decide.

Article 172
Until the law concerning the supreme court takes force, its authority is exercised by a Senate of seven members, four of whom are delegated from Reichstag, three from Reichsrat. It regulates its own procedures.

Article 173
Until a Reich law will be proclaimed according to article 138, present state disbursements to religious organizations, based on law, treaty or other legal titles, will continue.

Article 174
Until a Reich law will be proclaimed according to article 146 paragraph 2 the present legal situation will remain valid. The law has to give special consideration to Reich areas where schools are not organized according to confessions.

Article 175
The specifications of article 109 to not apply to orders and medals which were awarded for merits in the war years 1914-1919.

Article 176
All public servants and Wehrmacht dependents are to take an oath on this constitution. Further details are to be determined by the Reich president.

Article 177
Where, in existing laws, it is stipulated that an oath has to include a religious formula, the oath also may be taken by the swearing person, while omitting the religious formula, declares : "I swear". Otherwise the oath formula as stipulated in the laws remains unchanged.

Article 178
The constitution of the German Reich of April 15th 1871 and the law concerning temporary Reich administration are suspended.
The other Reich laws and decrees remain in force, unless they contradict the constitution. The stipulations of the peace treaty signed on June 28th 1919 are not affected by this constitution. Concerning the negotiations on the acquisition of the island of Helgoland an agreement with the native population diverting from article 17 paragraph 2 may be reached. (25)
Official decrees, which were formulated on hitherto valid law remain valid until they are suspended by other decrees or by legislation.

Article 179
Inasmuch laws or decrees refer to institutions which have been abolished by this constitution, the respective regulations and institutions described in this constitution take their place. Expressis verbis the national assembly is succeeded by the Reichstag, the state committee by the Reichsrat, the president elected according to the law on preliminary Reich government by the president elected in accordance with this constitution.
The authority hitherto of the state committee regarding the right to sign decrees is transferred to the Reich government; Reich government decrees require the approval of Reichsrat, in accordance with this constitution.

Article 180
Until the first Reichstag will convene, this national assembly is regarded as Reichstag. The Reich president elected by the national assembly will serve in office until June 30th 1925. (26)

Article 181
The German people, by the means of its national asembly, has passed and ratified this constitution. It takes force on the day of its proclamation.