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

¹ Any per­son who de­ceives the au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible for the im­ple­ment­a­tion of this Act by provid­ing false in­form­a­tion or with­hold­ing es­sen­tial in­form­a­tion and thereby fraud­u­lently se­cures the grant of a per­mit for them­selves or an­oth­er or pre­vents the with­draw­al of a per­mit is li­able on con­vic­tion to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² Any per­son who, with the in­ten­tion of cir­cum­vent­ing the reg­u­la­tions on the ad­mis­sion and stay of for­eign na­tion­als, mar­ries a for­eign na­tion­al or ar­ranges, en­cour­ages or fa­cil­it­ates such a mar­riage is li­able on con­vic­tion to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

³ The pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty if the of­fend­er:⁴⁶²

a.

acts in­ten­tion­ally for their own or an­oth­er's un­law­ful fin­an­cial gain; or

b.

acts for an as­so­ci­ation or group that was formed for the pur­pose of the con­tin­ued per­pet­ra­tion of this of­fence.