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Art. 24

291PILAFederal ActJan 1, 1989Original source
  1. A person is considered to be stateless when they are recognised as such pursuant to the New York Convention of 28 September 19541Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, or when such person’s relationship to their national state is severed to such an extent that their situation is equivalent to that of a stateless person.
  2. A person is deemed to be a refugee when they are recognised as such pursuant to the Asylum Act of 5 October 19792.
  3. Where this Act applies to stateless persons and to refugees, domicile replaces citizenship.

Footnotes

  1. SR 0.142.40

  2. [AS 1980 1718; 1986 2062; 1987 1674; 1990 938,1587Art. 3 para. 1; 1994 1634No I 8.1,2876; 1995 146No II 1,4356; 1997 2372,2394; 1998 1582.AS 1999 2262Art. 120 let. a]. Now: FA of 26 June 1998 (SR 142.31 ).

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