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Couldn't they change their AGBs or something to convert this to an "Ordnungswidrigkeit"?

Like, if you're caught without a ticket, you automatically buy a more expensive ticket via invoice or something and if you don't pay for it, then some debt collector will take care of it.

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How is this supposed to work? You can't change (federal) law by arbitrary contract.

If people agree to automatically buy a ticket when entering a train, the law would never apply, since they always had a ticket.

You already agree to buy such an ticket (at the "erhöhtes Beförderungsentgelt" price) but there is no way to avoid a criminal law specifically designed for that situation by just changing the content of a contract.

Okay.

I didn't know that law was so specific.

Sounds quite excessive for such an offence.

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