Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ SEM²⁴ shall place asylum seekers’ travel doc­u­ments and iden­tity pa­pers on file.²⁵

² Au­thor­it­ies and gov­ern­ment of­fices shall seize and pass on to SEM travel doc­u­ments, iden­tity pa­pers or oth­er doc­u­ments which may in­dic­ate the iden­tity of per­son who has ap­plied for asylum in Switzer­land. Para­graph 5 ap­plies to re­cog­nised refugees.²⁶

³ If the au­thor­ity or gov­ern­ment of­fice seiz­ing doc­u­ments in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 ex­am­ine these with re­gard to their au­then­ti­city, SEM must be no­ti­fied of the res­ults of this ex­am­in­a­tion.

⁴ Forged and fals­i­fied doc­u­ments as well as genu­ine doc­u­ments which have been mis­used may be con­fis­cated by SEM or by the ap­pel­late au­thor­ity or passed on to the agent.

⁵ Pass­ports or iden­tity pa­pers that have been is­sued to refugees re­cog­nised in Switzer­land by their nat­ive coun­try must be passed on to SEM.²⁷