Implementing Ordinance for the Execution of Criminal Deportations, of March 8, 2017 - Immigration Service

The Migration Service is the competent cantonal authority for

a) executing criminal deportations;

b) deciding on the postponement of the execution of mandatory criminal deportations;

c) ordering coercive measures provided by the federal law on foreigners within the context of executing criminal deportations.

1 The prison service shall communicate, without delay, to the migration service the date on which the penal expulsion is to take place, as soon as it is determined, as well as any documents necessary for the execution of the penal expulsion.

The prison service and the migration service collaborate in the organization of the execution of penal expulsion.

The justice service is the competent authority for any registration related to a criminal expulsion in VOSTRA.

Judicial authorities shall immediately communicate to the migration service the judgments and orders in which a criminal expulsion is pronounced or a renunciation of a criminal expulsion, along with their date of entry into force.

1 The decision concerning the postponement of the criminal expulsion may be appealed to the Cantonal Court.

2 The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) of March 18, 2025 [4] are applicable.

1. This decree shall enter into force immediately.

2. It will be published in the Official Gazette and inserted into the Collection of Neuchâtel Legislation.