(1) In the cases covered by Section 24 (2), personal data may also be transmitted electronically. Section 12 (1) third sentence shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(2) The police and public order authorities, the state tax investigation units and the customs administration authorities may retrieve photographs using automated procedures in order to prosecute crimes and traffic offences if the identity card authority is otherwise unavailable and further delay would jeopardize the purpose of the investigation. Law enforcement agencies at the county level, to be designated by state law, shall be responsible for retrieval. The retrieving authority shall be responsible for ensuring that the conditions in subsections 1 and 2 first sentence are met. The participating authorities shall keep a record of all retrievals so that their permissibility can be checked. The records shall contain
1. family and given names and date and place of birth of the person whose photograph was retrieved,
2. the date and time of retrieval,
3. the offices involved in the retrieval,
4. the name of the persons who conducted and authorized the retrieval, and
5. the file reference.
Section 24 (3), fifth sentence shall apply mutatis mutandis.