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PAuswG (EN)

Act on Identity Cards and Electronic Identification
PAuswG-EN · official text on Gesetze im Internet — official English translation

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This is the German Federal Ministry of Justice's own official English translation, by the Language Service of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The German original linked above is the legally authoritative text. This official translation covers 35 of the German original's 44 sections — see the German original for the complete, current text.

Sections

Part 1 General provisions

• Section 1 — Identification requirement; law on identification documents
• Section 2 — Definitions
• Section 3 — Temporary identity cards
• Section 4 — Ownership; card manufacturer; authority responsible for issuing authorization certificates
• Section 5 — Models; stored data
• Section 6 — Length of validity; early application; geographical restrictions
• Section 7 — Administrative responsibility
• Section 8 — Local responsibility; lack of local responsibility

Part 2 Issuing and blocking the identity card

• Section 9 — Issuing the identity card
• Section 10 — Deactivating; activating; blocking and unblocking the electronic identification function
• Section 11 — Information obligations
• Section 12 — Forms and procedures for collecting, checking and transmitting data
• Section 13 — Transmitting PIN codes, PUK codes and blocking codes

Part 3 Personal data

• Section 14 — Collecting and using personal data
• Section 15 — Automated retrieval and storage by authorities entitled to check identification
• Section 16 — Use of serial numbers, blocking codes and blocking attributes by authorities entitled to check identification
• Section 17 — Checking identity using data stored on the electronic storage and processing medium
• Section 18 — Electronic identification
• Section 19 — Storage using electronic identification
• Section 20 — Use by public- and private-sector bodies

Part 4 Authorizations; electronic signature

• Section 21 — Issuing and suspending authorizations of service providers
• Section 22 — Electronic signature

Part 5 Identity card register; storage provisions

• Section 23 — Identity card register
• Section 24 — Use of data stored in the identity card register
• Section 25 — Electronic data transmission and automated retrieval of photographs
• Section 26 — Other storage of personal data

Part 6 Obligations of identity card holders; invalidity and withdrawal of identity cards

• Section 27 — Obligations of identity card holders
• Section 28 — Invalid identity cards
• Section 29 — Seizure and confiscation
• Section 30 — Immediate effect

Part 7 Fees and expenses; fines

• Section 31 — Fees and expenses
• Section 32 — Fines
• Section 33 — Fining authorities

Part 8 Authority to issue statutory instruments; transitional provision

• Section 34 — Authorization to issue statutory instruments
• Section 35 — Transitional provision