the first "legal order for the defense of the people and the state" dated april 17, 1941 ordered the death penalty for "infringement of the honour and vital interests of the croatian people and the survival of the independent state of croatia". it was soon followed by the "legal order of races" and the "legal order of the protection of aryan blood and the honour of the croatian people" dated april 30, 1941, as well as the "order of the creation and definition of the racial-political committee" dated june 4, 1941. the enforcement of these legal acts was done not only through normal courts but also new out-of-order courts as well as mobile courts-martial with extended jurisdictions.