(1) If the court determines that a main hearing is not required, it may render its decision in a ruling if the person concerned and the public prosecution office do not object to such procedure. Prior to that, the court notifies them of the provision made for such procedure and such objection, and affords them the opportunity to make a statement within two weeks upon service of such notification; section 145a subsections (1) and (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure apply accordingly. The court may dispense with notification to the person concerned and may, even against his or her objection, render its decision in a ruling if it acquits the person concerned.
(2) An objection received only after expiry of the time limit is disregarded. In this case, however, restoration of the status quo ante may be requested against the decision within one week of service under the same conditions as against failure to observe a time limit; the person concerned is informed accordingly on service of the ruling.
(3) The court determines whether the person concerned is to be acquitted, whether a regulatory fine is to be imposed on him or her, whether any incidental consequence is to be ordered, or whether the proceedings are to be discontinued. The court may not deviate from the decision in the regulatory fining notice to the detriment of the person concerned.
(4) Where a regulatory fine is imposed, the regulatory offence is indicated in the ruling; if the factual elements of the offence for which a regulatory fine is imposed have a statutory title, such title is to be used to designate the regulatory offence. Section 260 (5) sentence 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure applies accordingly. The reasons given for the ruling contain the facts deemed to have been proven and which, in the court's opinion, constitute the factual elements of the regulatory offence. Insofar as evidence can be inferred from other facts, reference is also to be made to those facts. The circumstances governing the assessment of the regulatory fine and the order imposing an incidental consequence are also indicated.
(5) If the person concerned is acquitted, the reasoning discloses whether the person concerned has been deemed not guilty, or whether and for which reasons the offence assumed to be proven has not been deemed to be a regulatory offence. If the ruling cannot be contested by a complaint on a point of law, it need only be stated whether it was for factual or for legal reasons that the regulatory offence with which the person concerned was charged has not been determined.
(6) Provision of reasoning may be dispensed with if the participants in the proceedings so agree. In such case, reference to the content of the regulatory fining notice suffices; the court may make additional statements at its discretion and having regard to the circumstances of the individual case. The full reasons are placed on file within five weeks if a complaint on a point of law is filed in respect of the ruling.