(1) Anyone who negligently commits any of the acts listed in Section 24 (1) first sentence shall be deemed to have committed an administrative offence.
(2) Anyone who commits any of the following shall be deemed to have committed an administrative offence:
1. provides information incorrectly in violation of Section 6 (2) first sentence,
2. causes a second passport to be issued by providing false information;
3. evades police controls of cross-border traffic at an external border;
4. fails to report in a timely fashion in violation of Section 15 nos. 3, 4 or 5;
5. violates a prohibition against using
a) a serial number in accordance with Section 18 (2), or
b) a passport for automated searches or for automated storage of personal data in accordance with Section 18 (3), or
6. in violation of Section 18 (4) reads, processes or fails to delete personal data or fails to delete them on time, or reads biometric data.
(3) Anyone who intentionally or negligently commits any of the following shall be deemed to have committed an administrative offence:
1. is not carrying a passport or passport substitute or does not present it in a timely fashion, in violation of Section 1 (1) first sentence, also in conjunction with a statutory instrument pursuant to Section 2 (1) no. 2; or
2. crosses an external border other than at a designated border crossing point or outside the stipulated opening hours in violation of Section 3.
(4) The administrative offence shall be punishable by an administrative fine of up to three hundred thousand euros in the cases covered by paragraph (2) nos. 5 and 6, in cases under paragraph (1) with an administrative fine of up to thirty thousand euros, and in other cases by an administrative fine of up to five thousand euros.
(5) An attempt to commit an administrative offence may be punishable in the cases covered by paragraphs (2) and (3).
(6) In the cases covered by paragraph (2) nos. 2 and 4, an offence may be punishable even if it was committed in a foreign country.