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BGE 4 I 375 ΓÇó Renunciation of Swiss citizenship requires no Swiss domicile
BGE 4 I 375Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesgerichts (BGE) / Band I02.03.1878Dismissed
Ammann, a Swiss national born in London and claiming English nationality, asked Zurich authorities to accept his renunciation of Swiss citizenship. The Zurich Government Council rejected the request because he was considered domiciled in Winterthur. On complaint, the Federal Court held that the statutory condition of having no domicile in Switzerland was not proven absent: the petitioner’s stay in Winterthur amounted to domicile, while a foreign domicile in India was not established. The complaint was therefore dismissed.
Art. 6 of the Federal Act on acquisition and renunciation of Swiss citizenship; renunciation requires cumulative fulfilment of the statutory conditions. In particular, the claimant must no longer have a domicile in Switzerland; a merely temporary assertion of a foreign domicile is insufficient where the facts indicate actual residence and settlement in Switzerland. The burden rests on the renouncing citizen to show the foreign domicile and the other statutory requisites. A foreign passport or consular designation alone does not necessarily prove the acquisition or recognition of foreign nationality or the existence of a foreign domicile (consid. 1-3).
nicht dazu vermocht werden konnte, der Vorschrift des zürcheri des citirten Bundesgesetzes. Nicht nur habe er keine Ausweis schen Gemeindegesetzes entsprechend einen Heimatschein oder dgl. schriften deponirt, sondern nicht einmal eine Aufenthalts-, ge zu deponiren. schweige Niederlassungsbewilligung verlangt oder erhalten. Er Das Bundesgericht zieht in Erwägung: habe sein Domizil im Geschäft der Brüder Volkart in Ostin