Chapter II

The Labor Service Duty of the Male Youth

Article 3

1. The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor determines the number of the eligible recruits for every year and decides about the length of service.

2. The service starts at the minimum completed age of 18 and ends with the maximum completed age of 25.

3. As a rule, the eligible recruits will be called for labor duty in the year of completion of their 19th year.

4. Voluntary admission at an earlier age is possible.

5. Prison terms of more than 30 days will have to be made up for by the recruits and volunteers of the Reich Labor Service, if their offense does not make necessary their dismissal from the Reich Labor Service, according to Article 16.

Article 4

The eligible recruits for labor will be conscripted by the "Ersatzdienststellen of the Reich Labor Service."

Article 5

1. The following are excluded from the Reich Labor Service:

a. ex-convicts,

b. who is not in possession of the civic rights,

c. who comes under the regulations of security and correction according to Article 42a of the penal code,

d. who has been expelled from the National Socialist Party because of dishonorable activities,

e. who has been condemned by the court because of activities against the State.

2. The Reich Minister of the Interior can make exceptions concerning