Art. 98 Constitution of the Canton of Obwalden (Cantonal Constitution, KV) (Kantonsverfassung, KV) - Powers

1. The responsibilities of the Citizen Municipality Assembly include

1. the election, for a term of four years, of a citizen municipal council consisting of five to nine members;

2. the admission of foreigners to municipal citizenship.

1a

The Citizen Municipality Assembly may delegate the responsibility for the admission of foreigners to municipal citizenship to the Citizen Municipal Council or a Naturalization Commission in the municipal ordinance.

1b

If it delegates this authority to a Naturalization Commission, it may also assign this commission the responsibility for the admission of Swiss nationals to municipal citizenship in the municipal ordinance.

2. Other powers are determined analogously according to the regulations concerning the Resident Municipality.

← Art. 97 Cantonal Constitution, CC - Citizens' Municipality Assembly Constitution of the Canton of Obwalden (Cantonal Constitution, KV) (Kantonsverfassung, KV) - Sovereignty Art. 99 Cantonal Constitution, CC - Jurisdiction of the Municipal Council →