Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹ The Swiss au­thor­it­ies have jur­is­dic­tion to cel­eb­rate a mar­riage if one of the pro­spect­ive spouses is dom­i­ciled in Switzer­land or has Swiss cit­izen­ship.²⁴

² For­eign pro­spect­ive spouses without Swiss dom­i­cile may also be au­thor­ised by the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity to marry in Switzer­land, if the mar­riage is re­cog­nised in the state of dom­i­cile or cit­izen­ship of both of the pro­spect­ive spouses.²⁵

³ Such au­thor­isa­tion may not be denied on the sole ground that a di­vorce gran­ted or re­cog­nised in Switzer­land is not re­cog­nised abroad.