ARTICLE 131. It is the duty of every citizen of the U.S.S.R. to safeguard and strengthen public, socialist property as the sacred and inviolable foundation of the Soviet system, as the source of the wealth and might of the country, as the source of the prosperous and cultured life of all the working people.
Persons committing offences against public, socialist property are enemies of the people.
ARTICLE 132. Universal military service is law.
Military service in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is an honourable duty of the citizens of the U.S.S.R.
ARTICLE 133. To defend the fatherland is the sacred duty of every citizen of the U.S.S.R. Treason to the country – violation of the oath of allegiance, desertion to the enemy, impairing the military power of the state, espionage – is punishable with all the severity of the law as the most heinous of crimes.
CHAPTER XI
THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM
ARTICLE 134. Members of all Soviets of Working People's Deputies – of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., the Supreme Soviets of the Union Republics, the Soviets of Working People's Deputies of the Territories and Regions, the Supreme Soviets of the Autonomous Republics, the Soviets of Working People's Deputies of Autonomous Regions, area,
