(1) The registration authorities are required to register those persons residing in their area of jurisdiction (residents) in order to be able to identify them and their places of residence and verify this information.
(2) The registration authorities keep population registers in order to carry out their tasks. These contain data which are collected from the data subject, transferred by public bodies or otherwise officially known.
(3) The registration authorities provide information from the population registers, cooperate in accordance with the provisions of this Act or other legislation in the carrying out of the tasks of other public bodies and transfer data.
(4) The registration authorities may process personal data stored in the population register only in accordance with the provisions of this Act or other legislation. Data of persons not required to register may be processed only if the data subject has consented to the data processing.