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

¹ In cases of ur­gency, the Dir­ect­or of the FIS may or­der the im­me­di­ate use of in­form­a­tion gath­er­ing meas­ures re­quir­ing au­thor­isa­tion. He or she shall im­me­di­ately in­form the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court and the Head of the DDPS. Either may ter­min­ate the in­form­a­tion gath­er­ing meas­ure with im­me­di­ate ef­fect.

² The Dir­ect­or of the FIS shall file the ap­plic­a­tion with­in 24 hours with the pres­id­ent of the com­pet­ent di­vi­sion of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court and shall give reas­ons for the ur­gency.

³ The pres­id­ent of the com­pet­ent di­vi­sion of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court shall no­ti­fy the FIS of his or her de­cision with­in three work­ing days.

⁴ If the in­form­a­tion gath­er­ing meas­ure has been au­thor­ised, the Head of the DDPS, after con­sult­ing the Head of the FD­FA and the Head of the FD­JP, shall de­cide on clear­ance for the meas­ure to be con­tin­ued.