Federal Act on Political RightsEnglish is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. |
Art. 67b Successful request
1After expiry of the referendum period, the Federal Chancellery shall establish whether the request for the referendum has been submitted by the required number of cantons.2 2A request for a referendum is declared invalid if:
3The Federal Chancellery shall provide written notification of the ruling on the success or failure of the request for a referendum by the cantons to the governments of all those cantons that have requested the referendum, and shall publish the ruling in the Federal Gazette, giving details of the number of valid and invalid cantonal requests for a referendum. 1 Inserted by No I of the Federal Act of 21 June 1996, in force since 1 April 1997 (AS1997753; BBl 1993 III 445). |