Federal Act
on Swiss Citizenship
(Swiss Citizenship Act, SCA)

¹ Swiss cit­izens with cit­izen­ship of two or more can­tons may sub­mit their ap­plic­a­tion to any one of their can­tons of ori­gin.

² If one can­ton of ori­gin de­cides on the ap­plic­a­tion for re­lief of cit­izen­ship, Swiss cit­izen­ships and the cit­izen­ship of all the can­tons and com­munes con­cerned is lost on form­al ser­vice of the de­cision.

³ The can­ton that has de­cided on re­lief of cit­izen­ship shall no­ti­fy the oth­er can­tons of ori­gin ex of­fi­cio.