(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, the regulatory fining notice is enforced in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Enforcement Act dated 27 April 1953 (Federal Law Gazette I, page 157) in their current version, if an administrative authority of the Federation has issued the regulatory fining notice, in other cases in accordance with the pertinent Land provisions.
(2) Unless otherwise provided for by law, regulatory fines benefit the Federal Treasury if an administrative authority of the Federation has issued the regulatory fining notice, in other cases the Land treasury. Sentence 1 applies to incidental consequences constituting an obligation to effect payment.
(3) If the confiscation or rendering unusable of an object has been ordered, the order is enforced by the object being taken away from the person concerned, or from the party involved in the confiscation. If the object is not found in the possession of these persons, they must, upon the request of the administrative authority, swear an affirmation in lieu of oath before the local court concerning the whereabouts of the object. Section 883 subsections (2) and (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply accordingly.
(4) Subsection (1) applies accordingly to the enforcement of a disciplinary regulatory fine assessed by the administrative authority.