(1) Whoever makes a false statement to a competent authority, to a competent office-holder, or to a competent soldier of the Federal Armed Forces, or refuses to make a statement concerning his or her first name, family name or name at birth, place or date of birth, marital status, profession, place of residence, address or nationality, is deemed to have committed a regulatory offence.
(2) A perpetrator who through negligence fails to recognise the competence of the authority, of the office-holder, or of the soldier, is also deemed to have committed a regulatory offence.
(3) The regulatory offence in cases falling under subsection (1) may be sanctioned by a regulatory fine not exceeding one thousand euros, in cases falling under subsection (2) by a regulatory fine of up to five hundred euros, unless the act may be sanctioned in accordance with other provisions.