 In March 1937, the government decreed that territorial surveillance was the responsibility of the police alone, to be executed by strictly legal means.A new organization, the "Bureau central de Renseignements" ("Central Intelligence Bureau", BCR) was established the same month and a special section devoted to "preventative defence" was created within the SCR.In July 1939, at the prompting of military intelligence, a counter-intelligence charter was established and the National Council amended the penal code (article 75 and following) to integrate all 1810, 1886, and 1934 counter-intelligence laws.