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Federal Act
on Political Rights
(PRA)1

of 17 December 1976 (Status as of 23 October 2022)

1 Inserted by No I of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).

Art. 73 Withdrawal 144

1 A pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive may be with­drawn by its ini­ti­at­ive com­mit­tee. The de­clar­a­tion of with­draw­al is bind­ing provided it has been signed by an ab­so­lute ma­jor­ity of the mem­bers of the ini­ti­at­ive com­mit­tee who are still eli­gible to vote.

2 The with­draw­al of a pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive is per­mit­ted up to the day on which the Fed­er­al Coun­cil fixes a date for a pop­u­lar vote. The Fed­er­al Chan­cellery shall in­vite the ini­ti­at­ive com­mit­tee to give no­tice of its de­cision and shall spe­cify a short peri­od of time with­in which the com­mit­tee must do so.

3 An ini­ti­at­ive in the form of a gen­er­al pro­pos­al may not be with­drawn after its ap­prov­al by the Fed­er­al As­sembly.

144Amended by No I of the FA of 21 June 1996, in force since 1 April 1997 (AS 1997 753; BBl 1993 III 445).