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

¹ Where au­thor­ity to act on be­half of an­oth­er stems from re­la­tion­ships es­tab­lished un­der pub­lic law, it is gov­erned by the pub­lic law pro­vi­sions of the Con­fed­er­a­tion or the can­tons.

² Where such au­thor­ity is con­ferred by means of the trans­ac­tion it­self, its scope is de­term­ined by that trans­ac­tion.

³ Where a prin­cip­al grants such au­thor­ity to a third party and in­forms the lat­ter there­of, the scope of the au­thor­ity con­ferred on the third party is de­term­ined ac­cord­ing to word­ing of the com­mu­nic­a­tion made to him.