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

¹ The maker of a promis­sory note is li­able in the same man­ner as the ac­cept­or of a bill of ex­change.

² Promis­sory notes made out for a spe­cified time after sight must be presen­ted for sight to the maker with­in the time lim­its stip­u­lated in Art­icle 1013. Such sight must be con­firmed by the maker on the promis­sory note to­geth­er with the date and the maker’s sig­na­ture. The fixed peri­od after sight com­mences on the date on which the sight com­ment is ap­pen­ded. Where the maker re­fuses to con­firm sight and the date, this fact must be es­tab­lished by means of protest (Art. 1015); in this case, the fixed peri­od after sight com­mences on the date on which protest is made.