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

¹ Where in­su­per­able obstacles (stat­utory pro­vi­sions en­acted by a state or some oth­er in­stance of force ma­jeure) mil­it­ate against the timely present­a­tion of the cheque or timely protest or equi­val­ent de­clar­a­tion, the time lim­its for such ac­tions are ex­ten­ded.

² The bear­er is ob­liged to no­ti­fy the im­me­di­ately pre­ced­ing en­dors­er of the force ma­jeure event without delay and to note such no­ti­fic­a­tion to­geth­er with the date and place and his sig­na­ture on the cheque or an an­nex thereto; in oth­er re­spects, the pro­vi­sions set out in Art­icle 1042 are ap­plic­able.

³ Once the force ma­jeure ceases to ap­ply, the hold­er must present the cheque for ac­cept­ance or for pay­ment without delay and, where ne­ces­sary, make protest or sim­il­ar de­clar­a­tion.

⁴ In the event that the force ma­jeure lasts for longer than 15 days after the date on which the bear­er him­self no­ti­fied the pre­ced­ing en­dors­er of the force ma­jeure event pri­or to ex­piry of the time lim­it for present­a­tion, re­course may be had without need for present­a­tion or protest or sim­il­ar de­clar­a­tion.

⁵ Facts per­tain­ing purely to the per­son of the bear­er or a per­son charged with the task of present­ing the cheque or mak­ing protest or ar­ran­ging for an equi­val­ent de­clar­a­tion do not count as force ma­jeure events.