(1) Whoever, without authorisation, uses
1. the coat of arms of the Federation or of a Land, or the Federal Eagle, or the pertinent part of a coat of arms of a Land, or
2. an official flag of the Federation or of a Land, is deemed to have committed a regulatory offence.
(2) Coats of arms, parts of coats of arms and flags which so closely resemble those designated in subsection (1) that they may be mistaken for them, are deemed equivalent to those.
(3) The regulatory offence may be sanctioned by a regulatory fine.