Freedom of Information Act (FoIA)
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Art. 21 Implementation
The Federal Council may, in particular, enact provisions governing the: a. processing of official documents; b. information pertaining to official documents; c. publication of official documents.
Art. 22 Amendments of existing legislation
Amendments to existing legislation are regulated in the Annex.
Art. 23 Transitional provisions
This Act applies to official documents produced or received by authorities after its commencement.
Art. 23a Transitional provision to the Amendment of 30 September 2022
The previous law applies to applications that are pending on the date that the Amendment of 30 September 2022 comes into force.
Art. 23a — Inserted by No I of the FA of 30 Sept. 2022, in force since 1 Nov. 2023 (AS 2023 584; BBL 2020 8337, 9369).
Art. 24 Referendum and commencement
1 This Act shall be subject to optional referendum. 2 The Federal Council shall determine the commencement date. Commencement date: 1 July 2006
Para. 2 — FCD of 24 May 2006.