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

¹ A per­son in pos­ses­sion of a plot of land is en­titled to seize an­im­als be­long­ing to an­oth­er which cause dam­age on that land and take them in­to his cus­tody as se­cur­ity for his claim for com­pens­a­tion or even to kill them, where jus­ti­fied by the cir­cum­stances.

² He non­ethe­less has an ob­lig­a­tion to no­ti­fy the own­er of such an­im­als without delay or, if the own­er is not known to him, to take the ne­ces­sary steps to trace the own­er.