Law against the Establishment of Parties, 14 July 1933 
 Law against the Establishment of Parties, 14 July 1933 
 Source: J. Noakes & G. Pridham, Documents on Nazism 1919-1945 , (London, 1974), p.200. 
 Art I. 
 The National Socialist German Workers' Party constitutes the only political party in Germany. 
 Art II. 
 Whoever undertakes to maintain the organisation of another political party or to form a new political party shall be punished with penal servitude of up to three years or with imprisonment of between six months and three years, unless the act is subject to a heavier penalty under other regulations.