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Federal Act on Registration
(Bundesmeldegesetz – BMG)

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Übersetzung durch den Sprachendienst des Bundesministeriums des Innern

Translation provided by the Language Service of the Federal Ministry of the Interior

Stand: Die Übersetzung berücksichtigt die Änderung(en) des Gesetzes durch Artikel 6 des Gesetzes vom 23. Oktober 2024 (BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 323)
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Division 1
General provisions
Section 1Registration authorities
Section 2Tasks and powers of the registration authorities
Section 3Data storage
Section 4Sorting criteria
Section 5Purpose limitation
Section 6Accuracy and completeness of the population register
Section 7Confidentiality of registration data
Division 2
Rights of protection
Section 8Data subject’s legitimate interests
Section 9(repealed)
Section 10Data subject’s right of access
Section 11Restrictions on the right of access
Section 12Right to rectification
Section 13Data retention
Section 14Deletion of data
Section 15Retention and deletion of remarks
Section 16Offering data to archives
Division 3
General registration requirements
Section 17Registration, deregistration
Section 18Registration certificate
Section 18aRetrieval of registration records
Section 19Cooperation by the supplier of the residence
Section 20Definition of ‘residence’
Section 21Multiple residences
Section 22Determining the principal residence
Section 23Fulfilling the general registration requirement
Section 23aElectronic registration
Section 24Data collection, confirmation of registration
Section 25Cooperation by persons required to register
Section 26Exemption from the registration requirement
Section 27Exceptions to the registration requirement
Division 4
Special registration requirements
Section 28Special registration requirements for sailors on inland waterways and the high seas
Section 29Special registration requirement for commercial accommodation
Section 30Special registration forms for commercial accommodation
Section 31Processing restrictions
Section 32Special registration requirement for hospitals, care homes and similar institutions
Division 5
Data transfers
Subdivision 1
Data transfers between public bodies
Section 33Data transfers between registration authorities
Section 34Data transfers to other public bodies
Section 34aSearch for persons and free search by automated retrieval
Section 35Data transfers to agencies abroad
Section 36Regularly occurring data transfers
Section 37Disclosure of data
Section 38Selection data for automated retrievals and data transfers relating to groups of persons
Section 39Automated retrieval procedure
Section 39aData validation for public bodies
Section 40Logging requirement for automated retrieval and data validation
Section 41Purpose limitation on transferred data and remarks
Section 42Data transfers to religious communities under public law
Section 43(repealed)
Subdivision 2
Information from the population register
Section 44Basic information from the population register
Section 45Additional information from the population register
Section 46Group information
Section 47Purpose limitation on information from the population register
Section 48Information from the population register for public service broadcasters
Section 49Automated information from the population register
Section 49aData validation
Section 50Information from the population register in special cases
Section 51Blocks on releasing information
Section 52Conditional block on releasing information
Subdivision 3
Witness protection
Section 53Witness protection
Division 6
Administrative offences
Section 54Fines
Division 7
Other provisions, final provisions
Section 55Regulatory powers of the Länder
Section 56Authorisation to issue statutory instruments
Section 57Administrative provisions
Section 58(repealed)