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Translation:Law for the Protection of Macedonian National Honour

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Decision for creation of a court for trial of crimes committed against the Macedonian national honor (1945)
by Nova Makedonija newspaper, No.28, translated from Macedonian by Wikisource

Statute of the Court, published in the Nova Makedonija newspaper, No. 28, from 3 January 1945.

Nova Makedonija newspaper, No.284082095Decision for creation of a court for trial of crimes committed against the Macedonian national honor1945Wikisource

Decision for creation of a court for trial of crimes committed against the Macedonian national honor

Art.1 A special court is created for the trial of the offenders against the Macedonian national honor, who on the territory of Macedonia will trial every person who during the occupation, committed a crime against the Macedonian national honor.

Art.2 This court will trial those crimes committed against the national honor, which can not be qualified as a betrayal, or as an aid to the occupier in committing war crimes.

Art.3 The court for trial of the offenders against the Macedonian national honor sentenced to deprivation of national honor, which includes deprivation of civil honor; light or heavy forced labor and confiscation of property. Deprivation of national honor can be temporary or lifelong, and forced labor can last up to 10 years.

Art.4. In case it is determined after the interrogation that a crime has been committed for which a death sentence has been committed, the court for committing the crimes against the Macedonian national honor will declare itself incompetent, and will send the case to the competent court.

Art.5. The anti-fascist assembly of the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM), ie. The Presidium will issue the necessary legal decisions in which the court will try the trial of the crime against the Macedonian national honor, the order of the court and the procedure.

Art.6. The court for trial of the offenders against the Macedonian national honor is elected by the Presidium of the Anti-Fascist Assembly of the National Liberation of Macedonia, and consists of 30 members who judge in a composition of 3 members.

Art.7. The Presidium of ASNOM appoints a public prosecutor in the courts of national honor.

Art.8. This decision enters into force on the day of its publication.