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

This Act serves to pro­tect im­port­ant na­tion­al in­terests; its aim is

a.

to con­trib­ute to­wards safe­guard­ing Switzer­land’s demo­crat­ic and con­sti­tu­tion­al prin­ciples and pro­tect­ing the freedoms of its pop­u­la­tion;

b.

to in­crease the se­cur­ity of the Swiss pop­u­la­tion and of Swiss cit­izens abroad;

c.

to sup­port Switzer­land’s ca­pa­city to act;

d.

to con­trib­ute to­wards safe­guard­ing in­ter­na­tion­al se­cur­ity in­terests.