Federal Act
on the Intelligence Service
(Intelligence Service Act, IntelSA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may ban a nat­ur­al per­son or an or­gan­isa­tion or group from car­ry­ing out an activ­ity that poses a spe­cif­ic threat to in­tern­al or ex­tern­al se­cur­ity and dir­ectly or in­dir­ectly serves to propag­ate, sup­port or oth­er­wise pro­mote ter­ror­ist or vi­ol­ent-ex­trem­ist activ­it­ies.

² A ban may be im­posed for a max­im­um of five years. If the re­quire­ments are still met on ex­piry of this peri­od, the ban may be ex­ten­ded for a max­im­um of five fur­ther years.

³ The ap­plic­ant de­part­ment shall reg­u­larly re­view wheth­er the re­quire­ments are still be­ing met. If this is no longer the case, it shall ap­ply to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil for the ban to be lif­ted.