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

¹ The fol­low­ing au­thor­it­ies are re­spons­ible for is­su­ing de­ten­tion or­ders un­der Art­icle 76a:

a.²²⁵

in the case of per­sons ac­com­mod­ated in a fed­er­al centre: the can­ton re­spons­ible for en­for­cing re­mov­al un­der Art­icle 46 para­graph 1^bis third sen­tence AsylA²²⁶, and in oth­er cases the can­ton in which the fed­er­al centre is loc­ated;

b.

in the case of per­sons that have been al­loc­ated to a can­ton or res­id­ent in a can­ton who have not sub­mit­ted an asylum ap­plic­a­tion (Art. 64a): the can­ton con­cerned.

² ...²²⁷

³ The leg­al­ity and ap­pro­pri­ate­ness of de­ten­tion shall be re­viewed at the re­quest of the de­tain­ee by a ju­di­cial au­thor­ity in a writ­ten pro­ced­ure. This re­view may be re­ques­ted at any time.²²⁸

⁴ The de­tain­ee may ap­ply for re­lease from de­ten­tion at any time. The ju­di­cial au­thor­ity must de­cide on the ap­plic­a­tion with­in eight work­ing days in a writ­ten pro­ced­ure.

⁵ The de­ten­tion of chil­dren and young per­sons un­der 15 years of age is not per­mit­ted.

⁶ In the case of a de­ten­tion or­der in re­spect of an un­ac­com­pan­ied minor seek­ing asylum, the rep­res­ent­at­ive un­der Art­icle 64a para­graph 3^bis of this Act or un­der Art­icle 17 para­graph 3 AsylA will be in­formed in ad­vance.

⁷ The de­ten­tion or­der shall be re­voked if:

a.

the reas­on for de­ten­tion ceases to ap­ply or the re­mov­al or ex­pul­sion or­der proves to be un­en­force­able for leg­al or prac­tic­al reas­ons;

b.

a re­quest for re­lease from de­ten­tion is gran­ted;

c.

the de­tain­ee be­comes sub­ject to a cus­todi­al sen­tence or meas­ure.

⁸ When re­view­ing the de­cision to is­sue, ex­tend or re­voke a de­ten­tion or­der, the ju­di­cial au­thor­ity shall also take ac­count of the de­tain­ee’s fam­ily cir­cum­stances and the cir­cum­stances be­hind the en­force­ment of de­ten­tion.