Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

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of 30 March 1911 (Status as of 1 July 2021)


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Art. 59a30

F. Li­ab­il­ity in re­spect of cryp­to­graph­ic keys

 

1 The own­er of a cryp­to­graph­ic key used to gen­er­ate elec­tron­ic sig­na­tures or seals is li­able to third parties for any dam­age they have suffered as a res­ult of re­ly­ing on a val­id cer­ti­fic­ate is­sued by a pro­vider of cer­ti­fic­a­tion ser­vices with­in the mean­ing of the Fed­er­al Act of 18 March 201631 on Elec­tron­ic Sig­na­tures.

2 The own­er is ab­solved of li­ab­il­ity if he can sat­is­fy the court that he took all the se­cur­ity pre­cau­tions that could reas­on­ably be ex­pec­ted in the cir­cum­stances to pre­vent mis­use of the cryp­to­graph­ic key.

3 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil defines the se­cur­ity pre­cau­tions to be taken pur­su­ant to para­graph 2.

30 In­ser­ted by An­nex No 2 to the FA of 19 Dec. 2003 on Elec­tron­ic Sig­na­tures (AS 2004 5085; BBl 2001 5679). Amended by An­nex No II 4 of the FA of 18 March 2016 on Elec­tron­ic Sig­na­tures, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 4651; BBl 2014 1001).

31 SR943.03

 
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