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

¹ The pro­vi­sions of this Chapter ap­ply to sub-leases provided the prin­cip­al lease has not been ter­min­ated. A sub-lease may be ex­ten­ded only with­in the dur­a­tion of the prin­cip­al lease.

² Where the main pur­pose of the sub-lease is to cir­cum­vent the pro­vi­sions gov­ern­ing pro­tec­tion against ter­min­a­tion, the sub-ten­ant is gran­ted such pro­tec­tion without re­gard to the prin­cip­al lease. If the prin­cip­al lease is ter­min­ated, the land­lord is sub­rog­ated to the rights of the ten­ant in his con­tract with the sub-ten­ant.