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Germany 1949 (rev. 2012)
Article 137: [Right of state employees to stand for election] 1. The right of civil servants, other salaried public employees, professional or
volunteer members of the Armed Forces, and judges to stand for election in the
Federation, in the Länder or in the municipalities may be restricted by a law.
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Restrictions on the armed forces
2. The election of the first Bundestag, of the first Federal Convention and of the
first Federal President shall be governed by an electoral law to be enacted by
the Parliamentary Council.
3. Until the Federal Constitutional Court is established, its authority under
paragraph (2) of Article 41 shall be exercised by the German High Court for the
Combined Economic Area, which shall make determinations in accordance with
its procedural rules.
Article 138: [South German notaries] Changes in the rules governing the notarial profession as it now exists in the Länder
of Baden, Bavaria, Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern shall
require the consent of the governments of these Länder.
Article 139: [Continued applicability of denazification provisions] The legal provisions enacted for the "Liberation of the German People from National
Socialism and Militarism" shall not be affected by the provisions of this Basic Law.
Article 140: [Law of religious denominations] The provisions of Articles 136, 137, 138, 139 and 141 of the German Constitution of
11 August 1919 shall be an integral part of this Basic Law.
Article 141: ["Bremen Clause"] The first sentence of paragraph (3) of Article 7 shall not apply in any Land in which
Land law otherwise provided on 1 January 1949.
Article 142: [Reservation in favour of basic rights in Land constitutions] Notwithstanding Article 31, provisions of Land constitutions shall also remain in
force insofar as they guarantee basic rights in conformity with Articles 1 to 18 of this
Basic Law.
