Federal Act
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Art. 41 Identity cards
1 Foreign nationals normally receive a corresponding identity card with the permit. 2 Temporarily admitted persons (Art. 83) an identity card that indicates their legal status. 3 Identity cards for persons with a settlement permit are issued for five years for control purposes. 4 The identity card may carry a data chip. This contains the portrait photograph and fingerprints of the holder and the data contained in the machine-readable zone.56 5 The Federal Council specifies which persons are issued with an identity card with a data chip and which data must be stored on the chip.57 6 SEM specifies the form and the content of identity cards. It may delegate the production of identity cards wholly or partly to third parties.58 56 Amended by Art. 2 No I of the FD of 18 June 2010 (Development of the Schengen Acquis and Introduction of Biometric Data into Foreign National Identity Cards), in force since 24 Jan. 2011 (AS 2011 175; BBl 201051). 57 Inserted by Art. 2 No I of the FD of 18 June 2010 (Development of the Schengen Acquis and Introduction of Biometric Data into Foreign National Identity Cards), in force since 24 Jan. 2011 (AS 2011 175; BBl 201051). 58 Inserted by Art. 2 No I of the FD of 18 June 2010 (Development of the Schengen Acquis and Introduction of Biometric Data into Foreign National Identity Cards), in force since 24 Jan. 2011 (AS 2011 175; BBl 201051). |