Control Council Act

Control Council laws are laws enacted by the Allied Control Council in the years 1945 to 1948 in exercising the occupation rights of the four victorious powers to overcome National Socialism and militarism throughout Germany . Allied legislation also included a series of proclamations , orders , directives and instructions. In the territory of the German Democratic Republic , the Control Council laws were repealed by a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on September 20, 1955. In the Federal Republic of Germany , however, the laws remained in force, unless they were repealed by other provisions ( pre-constitutional law ).

In the course of the second law on the adjustment of federal law in the area of ​​responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Justice of 23 November 2007, the legal provisions of the occupation authorities defined in the transition agreement in 1955 were repealed, unless they have been converted into federal or state law. Only the Control Council Act No. 35 on Compensation and Arbitration in Labor Disputes of August 20, 1946 and February 9, 1950, respectively, remains in force.

List of Control Council Laws

• Law No. 1 of September 20, 1945: Repeal of Nazi law of a political nature and of exceptional laws on which the Nazi regime was based, in particular the Enabling Act of March 24, 1933 or the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service of April 7, 1933
• Law No. 2 of October 12, 1945: dissolution and liquidation of Nazi organizations
• Law No. 3 of October 22, 1945: Increase in tax rates
• Law No. 4 of October 30, 1945: Reorganization of the German judiciary on the basis of the democratic principle, the legality and equality of all citizens before the law regardless of race, nationality or religion
• Law No. 5 of October 30, 1945: Confiscation of German foreign assets
• Law No. 6 of November 10, 1945: Keeping of documents and making certified copies
• Law No. 7 of November 30, 1945: Rationing of electricity and gas
• Law No. 8 of November 30, 1945: Elimination and prohibition of military training
• Law No. 9 of November 30, 1945: Confiscation and control of the property of the IG Farbenindustrie
• Law No. 10 of December 20, 1945: Punishment of those guilty of war crimes , crimes against peace or crimes against humanity
• Law No. 11 of January 30, 1946: Repeal of individual provisions of German criminal law such as the so-called Lex van der Lubbe on the imposition and execution of the death penalty or the ordinance against pests of the people
• Law No. 12 of February 11, 1946: amendment of the legislation relating to income tax, corporation tax and profit transfer
• Law No. 13 of February 11, 1946 amending the wealth tax laws
• Law No. 14 of February 11, 1946 amending the Motor Vehicle Tax Laws
• Law No. 15 of February 11, 1946: Amendment of VAT laws
• Law No. 16 of February 20, 1946: Marriage Act
• Law No. 17 of February 28, 1946 amending the Inheritance Tax Act
• Law No. 18 of March 8, 1946: Housing Act
• Law No. 19 of March 20, 1946: amending Law No. 7
• Law No. 20 of March 20, 1946: Increase in telephone and telegraph charges
• Law No. 21 of March 30, 1946: German Labor Court Act
• Law No. 22 of April 10, 1946: Authorization of Works Councils
• Law No. 23 of April 10, 1946: Prohibition of military buildings in Germany
• Law No. 24 of April 29, 1946: repealing the law of September 30, 1936
• Law No. 25 of April 29, 1946: Regulation and supervision of scientific research
• Law No. 26 of May 10, 1946: Tobacco Tax
• Law No. 27 of May 10, 1946: Tax on spirits
• Law No. 28 of May 10, 1946: Beer and Match Tax
• Law no. 29 of May 31, 1946: making certified copies of documents
• Law No. 30 of June 20, 1946: Tobacco Tax
• Law No. 31 of July 1, 1946: Dissolution of the German police offices and agencies of a political nature
• Law No. 32 of July 10, 1946: Permission to employ women in construction and reconstruction work
• Law No. 33 of July 20, 1946: ordering a census in the four zones of occupation
• Law No. 34 of August 20, 1946: Dissolution of the Wehrmacht
• Law No. 35 of August 20, 1946: Compensation and Arbitration in Labor Disputes
• Law No. 36 of October 10, 1946: re-establishment of administrative courts
• Law No. 37 of October 30, 1946: repeal of certain legal provisions in the field of inheritance law
• Law No. 38 of October 30, 1946: Amendment of Section 204 of the Code of Civil Procedure
• Law No. 39 of October 30, 1946: Identification flag , which all German and former German ships that are subject to the Allied control authority must fly
• Law No. 40 of November 30, 1946: Repeal of the Law on the Order of National Labor
• Law No. 41 of November 30, 1946: amending Law No. 26
• Law No. 42 of November 30, 1946: Amendment of the Control Council Law No. 12 amending legislation relating to income tax, corporate tax and profit transfer
• Law No. 43 of December 20, 1946: Prohibition of militarization and manufacture of war material
• Law No. 44 of January 10, 1947: repeal of the ordinance of October 11, 1944 on extraordinary measures in lease, land management and debt relief on the occasion of the total war
• Law No. 45 of April 24, 1947: Repeal of the Reichserbhofgesetz
• Law No. 46 of February 25, 1947: Dissolution of Prussia
• Law No. 47 of March 10, 1947: Suspension of German insurance activities abroad
• Law No. 48 of March 10, 1947: Destruction of postage stamps from the pre-occupation period
• Law No. 49 of March 20, 1947: Repeal of the Reich Law on the Constitution of the German Evangelical Church of July 14, 1933 of March 8, 1947
• Law No. 50 of March 20, 1947: Punishment for theft and unlawful use of forced food and goods and of documents relating to forced production
• Law No. 51 of March 31, 1947: Amendment of Control Council Law No. 14
• Law No. 52 of April 21, 1947: Amendment of Control Council Law No. 16 - Marriage Act
• Law No. 53 of May 31, 1947: amendment of the Insurance Tax Law of July 9, 1937
• Law No. 54 of June 10, 1947: amendment of Law No. 27 of the Control Council
• Law No. 55 of July 20, 1947: repeal of regulations in the field of criminal law. Were repealed z. B. those regulations that played a central role in the period after the Reichstag fire between February and April 1933 for the elimination of basic rights in the Weimar constitution and the seizure of power , such as the presidential decree for the protection of the people and the state .
• Law no. 56 of June 30, 1947: repeal of the law on the organization of work in public administrations and companies of March 23, 1934. Together with law no. 40, the basis for the organization of work in the national sense was repealed.
• Law No. 57 of August 30, 1947: Dissolution and liquidation of insurance companies affiliated with the German Labor Front
• Law No. 58 of August 30, 1947: Supplement to the appendix to Law No. 2 of the Control Council to include the Reich Group of Publicly Appointed Surveyors
• Law No. 59 of October 20, 1947: Amendment of Control Council Law No. 13
• Law No. 60 of December 19, 1947: Repeal of National Socialist legislation on films
• Law No. 61 of December 19, 1947: Amendment of Control Council Law No. 12
• Law No. 62 of March 20, 1948: Repeal of laws, ordinances and decrees issued by the National Socialist government concerning the German Evangelical Church .

Control Council Directives (selection)

• Directive No. 10 of September 22, 1945: Methods of Legislative Activity of the Control Council. The Control Council exercised its legislative power through proclamations , laws, orders , directives and instructions.
• Directive No. 11 of September 22, 1945: official languages ​​and publication of legislation. All proclamations, laws, orders, directives and instructions were published in English, Russian and French in the Official Gazette of the Control Council. A German translation was added in the cases "where they concern the German people or German officials or agencies."
• Directive No. 15 of October 26, 1945: Introduction of a uniform time for all of Germany. For all of Germany, from 2 am on November 18, 1945, time “A”, i.e. H. the days of Greenwich plus an hour reintroduced.
• Directive No. 23 of December 17, 1945: Restriction and demilitarization of sports in Germany
• Directive No. 24 of January 12, 1946: Removal of National Socialists and persons who are hostile to the efforts of the Allies from offices and responsible positions. The directive defines the group of people who should be dismissed forcibly or at discretion.
• Directive No. 30 of May 13, 1946: Elimination of German monuments and museums of a military and National Socialist character
• Directive No. 38 of October 12, 1946: Arrest and punish war criminals, National Socialists and militarists and intensify, control and monitor potentially dangerous Germans
• Directive No. 50 of April 29, 1947: Disposal of assets belonging to the organizations listed in Control Council Proclamation No. 2 and Control Council Act No. 2
• Directive No. 51 of April 29, 1947: Legislative acts and other acts of the Control Council (replacement of Directive No. 10)
• Directive No. 57 of January 15, 1948: Disposal of property that has been confiscated on the basis of the provisions of the Control Council Act No. 10 or other provisions issued under Control Council Directive No. 38

Individual evidence

1. ^ Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on the dissolution of the High Commission of the USSR in Germany of September 20, 1955, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
2. ↑ BGBl. I p. 2614 .
3. ↑ Control Council Act No. 3 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Increase in tax rates of October 20, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
4. ↑ Control Council Act No. 5 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Takeover and recording of German assets abroad from October 30, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
5. ↑ Control Council Act No. 6 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Storage of documents and the creation of certified copies of November 10, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
6. ↑ Control Council Act No. 7 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Rationing of electricity and gas of November 30, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
7. ↑ Control Council Act No. 8 : Elimination and Prohibition of Military Training of November 30, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
8. ↑ Control Council Act No. 9 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Confiscation and control of the property of IG Farbenindustrie of September 20, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
9. ↑ Finances and taxes in the early days of the Federal Republic of Germany , website of the Federal Ministry of Finance , December 9, 2010
10. ↑ Control Council Act No. 20 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Increase in telephone and telegraph fees of March 20, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
11. ↑ Control Council Act No. 22 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Works Councils of April 10, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
12. ↑ Control Council Act No. 23 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Prohibition of Military Buildings in Germany of April 10, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
13. ↑ Control Council Act No. 24 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Repeal of the Act of September 30, 1936 of April 29, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
14. ^ Law on the inspection of judicial public books and registers of September 30, 1936, RGBl. I p. 853 .
15. ↑ Control Council Act No. 29 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Copy of certified copies of documents (repeal of Act No. 6 of the Control Council) of May 31, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
16. ↑ Control Council Act No. 31 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Police offices and agencies of a political nature from July 1, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
17. ↑ Control Council Act No. 32 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Permission to employ women in construction and reconstruction work of July 10, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
18. ↑ Control Council Act No. 33 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Census in Germany of July 20, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
19. ↑ Control Council Act No. 34 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Dissolution of the Wehrmacht of August 20, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
20. ↑ Control Council Act No. 36 ( Memento of July 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Administrative Courts of October 31, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
21. ↑ Control Council Act No. 37 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Repeal of some statutory provisions in the field of inheritance law of October 30, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
22. ↑ Control Council Act No. 38 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Amendment of Section 204 of the Code of Civil Procedure of October 30, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
23. ↑ Control Council Act No. 39 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Identification flag, which all German and formerly German ships that are subject to the Allied Control Authority of November 12, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on 23. August 2018.
24. ↑ Control Council Act No. 40 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Repeal of the "Law on the Order of National Labor" of January 20, 1934 of November 30, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
25. ↑ Control Council Act No. 43 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Prohibition of the manufacture, import, export, transport and storage of war material of December 20, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23 2018.
26. ↑ Control Council Act No. 44 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) repeal of the ordinance of October 11, 1944 on extraordinary measures in lease, land management and debt relief on the occasion of the total war of January 10, 1947, printed on constitution. de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
27. ↑ Control Council Act No. 47 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Suspension of German insurance activities abroad from March 10, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
28. ↑ Control Council Act No. 48 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Postage stamps from the pre-selection period of March 10, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
29. ↑ Control Council Act No. 49 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Repeal of the Reich Act on the Constitution of the German Evangelical Church of July 14, 1933 of March 8, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
30. ↑ Control Council Act No. 50 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Punishment for theft and illegal use of food and goods subject to compulsory management and of documents relating to compulsory management of March 20, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de on August 23, 2018.
31. ↑ Allied Control Authority, Control Council, Act No. 53, Amendments to the Insurance Tax Act of July 9, 1947 , Bavarian Law and Ordinance Gazette of August 4, 1947, p. 141.
32. ↑ Control Council Act No. 56 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Repeal of the Act on the Order of Work in Public Administrations and Companies of March 23, 1934 of June 30, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23 2018.
33. ↑ Law on the Order of Work in Public Administrations and Companies , Materials on National Socialism, accessed on 23 August 2018.
34. ↑ Control Council Act No. 57 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Dissolution and liquidation of insurance companies affiliated to the German Labor Front of August 30, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
35. ↑ Control Council Act No. 60 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Repeal of the National Socialist legislation on films of December 19, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
36. ↑ W. van Grieken: The new regulation of the income tax legislation by the Control Council Act No. 61 . JR 2009, pp. 187-189.
37. ↑ Control Council Directive No. 10 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Methods of the Legislative Activity of the Control Council of September 22, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 24, 2018.
38. ↑ Control Council Directive No. 11 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Official languages ​​and publication of the legislation of September 22, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 24, 2018.
39. ↑ Control Council Directive No. 15 ( Memento from August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) The introduction of a uniform time for all of Germany from October 26, 1945, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 24, 2018.
40. ↑ For example, contained in Claus Tiedemann: Allied legal provisions on sport in Germany 1944–1950 (PDF; 395 kB), accessed on September 13, 2012.
41. ↑ Klaus Liebold: On the supervision of the control council directive No. 23 of December 17, 1945 , theory and practice of body culture 1985, pp. 329-332.
42. ↑ Control Council Directive No. 24 ( Memento of August 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Removal of National Socialists and persons who are hostile to the efforts of the Allies from offices and positions of responsibility from January 12, 1946, printed on Verassungen.de, accessed on May 17 August 2018.
43. ↑ Control Council Directive No. 30 : Removal of German Monuments and Museums of a Military and National Socialist Character of May 13, 1946, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 23, 2018.
44. ↑ Control Council Directive No. 51 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Legislative acts and other acts of the Control Council of April 29, 1947, printed on verfassungen.de, accessed on August 25, 2018.
45. ↑ Control Council Directive No. 57 ( Memento of August 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Disposal of assets that have been confiscated on the basis of the provisions of the Control Council Act No. 10 or other provisions issued under Control Council Directive No. 38 of January 15, 1948, printed on verassungen.de, accessed on August 25, 2018.