Federal Act on Political Rights

¹The with­draw­al of a pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive is nor­mally un­con­di­tion­al.

²However, if Fed­er­al As­sembly has ap­proved an in­dir­ect counter-pro­pos­al in the form of a fed­er­al act at the latest at the same time as the fi­nal vote on the pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive, the ini­ti­at­ive com­mit­tee may with­draw its pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive un­der the ex­press con­di­tion that the in­dir­ect counter-pro­pos­al is not re­jec­ted in a pop­u­lar vote.

³The con­di­tion­al with­draw­al be­comes ef­fect­ive as soon as:

a.

the dead­line for re­quest­ing a ref­er­en­dum against the in­dir­ect counter-pro­pos­al has ex­pired without a re­quest be­ing filed;

b.

a leg­ally bind­ing de­clar­a­tion has been made that the re­quest for a ref­er­en­dum against the in­dir­ect counter-pro­pos­al has failed; or

c.

the Fed­er­al Coun­cil has, in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 15 para­graph 1, val­id­ated the res­ult of the pop­u­lar vote where a re­quest for a ref­er­en­dum has suc­ceeded and the People have voted for the in­dir­ect counter-pro­pos­al.