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

¹ Where the bill of ex­change is ac­cep­ted for hon­our by per­sons res­id­ent at the bill dom­i­cile or the per­sons in­dic­ated on the bill as be­ing will­ing to pay in case of need are res­id­ent at the bill dom­i­cile, the hold­er must present the bill to all such per­sons no later than the day after the day on which the time lim­it for protest for non-pay­ment ex­pires and, where ap­plic­able, must ar­range protest for fail­ure to make pay­ment for hon­our.

² Any fail­ure to make timely protest re­leases the per­son who ap­pen­ded the emer­gency ad­dress or in whose hon­our the bill was ac­cep­ted and the sub­sequent en­dors­ers.