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Section 24

Criminal offences

(1) Any German as defined in Section 116 (1) of the Basic Law committing any of the following shall be punishable by up to one year in prison or a fine:

1.  leaving the area in which this Act applies by crossing an external border although he/she has been denied a passport or his/her passport has been revoked or he/she is subject to an enforceable order pursuant to Section 7 (2) of this Act or to Section 6 (7) of the Identity Cards Act;

2.  leaving the area in which this Act applies by crossing an external border although the authority responsible for policing cross-border traffic has prohibited him/her from leaving the country pursuant to Section 10 (1) second or third sentence.

(2) An attempt to commit such offences shall be punishable.

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