(1) The authorities responsible for policing cross-border traffic shall prohibit any German from leaving the country who has been refused a passport pursuant to Section 7 (1), or whose passport has been revoked pursuant to Section 8 or who is subject to an order pursuant to Section 6 (7) of the Identity Cards Act. The authorities may prohibit any German from leaving the country who is not carrying a valid passport or passport substitute allowing him/her to leave the country or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that he/she fulfils the conditions listed in Section 7 (1). The authorities may prohibit any German from leaving the country if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the passport’s area or length of validity should be restricted pursuant to Section 7 (2) first sentence.
(2) In exceptional cases, the authorities responsible for policing cross-border traffic may permit a German who should be prohibited from leaving the country pursuant to (1) first sentence to leave the country, if he/she has a credible and urgent reason for having to leave the country.
(3) The authorities may not refuse any German entry to the area of application of this Act.