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

¹ Res­ol­u­tions to in­tro­duce or in­crease the mem­bers’ per­son­al li­ab­il­ity or their li­ab­il­ity to make ad­di­tion­al con­tri­bu­tions re­quire the con­sent of three-quar­ters of all mem­bers.

² Mem­bers who did not vote in fa­vour are not bound by such res­ol­u­tions provid­ing they give no­tice of their de­par­ture from the co­oper­at­ive with­in three months of the pub­lic­a­tion of the res­ol­u­tion in ques­tion. Such de­par­ture takes ef­fect as of the date on which the res­ol­u­tion comes in­to force.

³ In such cases, de­par­ture may not be made con­di­tion­al on pay­ment of a sev­er­ance pen­alty.