(1) The registration authority may use an automated procedure to verify whether data relating to a named individual which it receives from another public body by way of an automated request match the data stored in the population register if a data transfer would be permissible under section 34. Section 38 (1) applies accordingly to the selection data on which the request for data validation is based.
(2) Where a person is unambiguously identified using the selection data in the population register and the data match the data stored in the population register, the registration authority sends the requesting body confirmation thereof. Where the data provided lead to several matching data records being found, the registration authority gives notification of this fact. If the population register contains a block on releasing information within the meaning of section 51 or if no matching record is available on the data subject, the requesting body receives notification which may not permit any conclusions to be drawn as to which of these two cases applies.
(3) Section 34 (5) and (6) and section 39 (1), (3) and (4) apply accordingly.