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

Where the cheque was some­how lost by a former bear­er, a new bear­er who has gained pos­ses­sion of the cheque, wheth­er it is a bear­er cheque or a cheque trans­fer­able by en­dorse­ment and the bear­er can demon­strate his en­ti­tle­ment in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 1110, is ob­liged to sur­render it only if he ac­quired it in bad faith or was guilty of gross neg­li­gence when he ac­quired it.