Federal Act
on Foreign Nationals and Integration
(Foreign Nationals and Integration Act, FNIA)1

of 16 December 2005 (Status as of 17 December 2022)

1 Amended by No I of the FA of 16 Dec. 2016 (Integration), in force since 1 Jan. 2019 (AS 2017 6521, 2018 3171; BBl 2013 2397, 2016 2821).


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Art. 96 Exercise of discretion

1 In ex­er­cising dis­cre­tion, the com­pet­ent au­thor­it­ies shall take ac­count of pub­lic in­terests and per­son­al cir­cum­stances as well as the in­teg­ra­tion of for­eign na­tion­als.298

2 If a meas­ure is com­pet­ent, but the cir­cum­stances are not ap­pro­pri­ate, the per­son con­cerned may be is­sued with a warn­ing on pain of this pen­alty.

298 Amended by No I of the FA of 16 Dec. 2016 (In­teg­ra­tion), in force since 1 Jan. 2019 (AS 2017 6521, 2018 3171; BBl 2013 2397, 2016 2821).

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