Full citation: Asylum Act in the version promulgated on 2 September 2008 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1798), last amended by Article 2 of the Act of 11 March 2016 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 394)<\/p>\n
Chapter 1
\nScope of application<\/p>\n
Section 1 Scope of application<\/a><\/p>\n Chapter 2 Section 2 Legal status of persons granted asylum status<\/a><\/p>\n Sub-Chapter 2 Section 3 Recognition of refugee status<\/a> Chapter 3 Section 5 Federal Office<\/a> Chapter 4 Section 12 Legal capacity of minors<\/a> Sub-Chapter 2 Section 18 Tasks of the border authority<\/a> Sub-Chapter 3 Section 23 Filing an application at the branch office<\/a> Sub-Chapter 4 Section 34 Deportation warning<\/a> Chapter 5 Section 44 Setting up and maintaining reception centres<\/a> Chapter 6 Section 55 Permission to remain pending the asylum decision (Aufenthaltsgestattung)<\/a> Chapter 7 Section 71 Follow-up application<\/a> Chapter 8 Section 72 Cessation<\/a> Chapter 9 Section 74 Period within which action must be brought; rejection of late submission<\/a> Chapter 10 Section 84 Incitement to submit fraudulent applications for asylum<\/a> Chapter 11 Section 87 Transitional provisions<\/a>
\nGranting protection
\nSub-Chapter 1
\nAsylum<\/p>\n
\nInternational protection<\/p>\n
\nSection 3a Acts of persecution<\/a>
\nSection 3b Grounds for persecution<\/a>
\nSection 3c Agents of persecution<\/a>
\nSection 3d Agents of protection<\/a>
\nSection 3e Internal protection<\/a>
\nSection 4 Subsidiary protection<\/a><\/p>\n
\nGeneral information<\/p>\n
\nSection 6 Binding effect of decisions under asylum law<\/a>
\nSection 7 Collection of personal data<\/a>
\nSection 8 Transmission of personal data<\/a>
\nSection 9 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<\/a>
\nSection 10 Provisions concerning delivery<\/a>
\nSection 11 Exclusion of administrative appeals<\/a>
\nSection 11a Temporary suspension of decisions<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAsylum procedures
\nSub-Chapter 1
\nGeneral rules of procedure<\/p>\n
\nSection 13 Application for asylum<\/a>
\nSection 14 Filing an application for asylum<\/a>
\nSection 14a Family unity<\/a>
\nSection 15 General obligations to cooperate<\/a>
\nSection 16 Documenting, establishing and verifying identity<\/a>
\nSection 17 Interpreters\/translators<\/a><\/p>\n
\nInitiating the asylum procedure<\/p>\n
\nSection 18a Procedure in case of entry by air<\/a>
\nSection 19 Tasks of the foreigners authority and the police<\/a>
\nSection 20 Referral to a reception centre<\/a>
\nSection 21 Retention and transfer of documents<\/a>
\nSection 22 Registration requirements<\/a>
\nSection 22a Taking charge of an applicant for the purpose of processing an asylum application<\/a><\/p>\n
\nProcedure at the Federal Office<\/p>\n
\nSection 24 Obligations of the Federal Office<\/a>
\nSection 25 Hearing<\/a>
\nSection 26 Asylum status for families and international protection for family members<\/a>
\nSection 26a Safe third countries<\/a>
\nSection 27 Safety elsewhere from persecution<\/a>
\nSection 27a (repealed)<\/a>
\nSection 28 Post-flight reasons<\/a>
\nSection 29 Inadmissible applications<\/a>
\nSection 29a Safe country of origin; report; authority to issue statutory instruments<\/a>
\nSection 30 Manifestly unfounded applications for asylum<\/a>
\nSection 30a Fast-track procedures<\/a>
\nSection 31 Decisions by the Federal Office on asylum applications<\/a>
\nSection 32 Decision in case of withdrawal or abandonment of the application<\/a>
\nSection 32a Suspension of the proceedings<\/a>
\nSection 33 Abandonment of the proceedings<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTermination of residence<\/p>\n
\nSection 34a Deportation order<\/a>
\nSection 35 Deportation warning in case of inadmissible applications for asylum<\/a>
\nSection 36 Procedure in cases of applications for asylum which are inadmissible under Section 29 (1) nos. 2 and 4 which or are manifestly unfounded<\/a>
\nSection 37 Further procedure in case of an appeal granted by court decision<\/a>
\nSection 38 Deadline for leaving the country in case of rejection for other reasons or withdrawal of the application<\/a>
\nSection 39 (repealed)<\/a>
\nSection 40 Notification of the foreigners authority<\/a>
\nSection 41 (repealed)<\/a>
\nSection 42 Binding effect of decisions under foreigners law<\/a>
\nSection 43 Enforceability and suspension of deportation<\/a>
\nSection 43a (repealed)<\/a>
\nSection 43b (repealed)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAccommodation and distribution<\/p>\n
\nSection 45 Admission quotas<\/a>
\nSection 46 Determination of the responsible reception centre<\/a>
\nSection 47 Residence in reception centres<\/a>
\nSection 48 Termination of the obligation to reside in a reception centre<\/a>
\nSection 49 Release from the reception centre<\/a>
\nSection 50 Distribution within a Land<\/a>
\nSection 51 Distribution among the L\u00e4nder<\/a>
\nSection 52 Calculation of quotas<\/a>
\nSection 53 Collective accommodation<\/a>
\nSection 54 Notification of the Federal Office<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRight of residence during the asylum procedure<\/p>\n
\nSection 56 Geographic restrictions<\/a>
\nSection 57 Leaving the area of a reception centre<\/a>
\nSection 58 Leaving an assigned area of residence<\/a>
\nSection 59 Enforcing geographic restrictions<\/a>
\nSection 59a Expiry of geographic restrictions<\/a>
\nSection 59b Ordering geographic restrictions<\/a>
\nSection 60 Restrictions<\/a>
\nSection 61 Employment<\/a>
\nSection 62 Medical examination<\/a>
\nSection 63 Certificate confirming permission to remain pending the asylum decision<\/a>
\nSection 63a Registration certificate for asylum seekers<\/a>
\nSection 64 Obligation to have and present identification papers<\/a>
\nSection 65 Return of passport<\/a>
\nSection 66 Alerts to determine the foreigner\u2019s whereabouts<\/a>
\nSection 67 Expiry of permission to remain pending the asylum decision<\/a>
\nSection 68 (repealed)<\/a>
\nSection 69 (repealed)<\/a>
\nSection 70 (repealed)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFollow-up application, secondary application<\/p>\n
\nSection 71a Secondary application<\/a><\/p>\n
\nExpiry of legal status<\/p>\n
\nSection 73 Revocation and withdrawal of asylum and refugee status<\/a>
\nSection 73a Foreign recognition as a refugee<\/a>
\nSection 73b Revocation and withdrawal of subsidiary protection<\/a>
\nSection 73c Withdrawal and revocation of deportation bans<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCourt proceedings<\/p>\n
\nSection 75 Suspensive effect of court action<\/a>
\nSection 76 Individual judges<\/a>
\nSection 77 Decision by the court<\/a>
\nSection 78 Legal remedy<\/a>
\nSection 79 Special provisions governing appeals<\/a>
\nSection 80 Inadmissibility of complaints<\/a>
\nSection 80a Suspension of the proceedings<\/a>
\nSection 81 Abandonment of the proceedings<\/a>
\nSection 82 Inspection of the files in temporary relief proceedings<\/a>
\nSection 83 Special panels of deciding judges<\/a>
\nSection 83a Notification of the foreigners authority<\/a>
\nSection 83b Court costs, value of the subject matter<\/a>
\nSection 83c Procedure for ordering entry and residence bans and for setting time limits for such bans<\/a><\/p>\n
\nProvisions as to punishments for criminal offences and fines<\/p>\n
\nSection 84a Commercial and organized incitement to submit fraudulent applications for asylum<\/a>
\nSection 85 Other criminal offences<\/a>
\nSection 86 Provisions on fines<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTransitional and final provisions<\/p>\n
\nSection 87a Transitional provisions for the amendments which entered into force on 1 July 1993<\/a>
\nSection 87bTransitional provision for the amendments which entered into force on 1 September 2004<\/a>
\nSection 87c Transitional provisions for the amendments which entered into force on 6 August 2016<\/a>
\nSection 88 Authorization to issue statutory instruments<\/a>
\nSection 88a Provisions as to the administrative procedure<\/a>
\nSection 89 Restriction of fundamental rights<\/a>
\nSection 90 Authorization to provide health care temporarily<\/a>
\nAnnex I (ad Section 26a)<\/a>
\nAnnex II (ad Section 29a)<\/a><\/p>\n