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

Cheques may be is­sued in sev­er­al identic­al du­plic­ates if they are not made out to the bear­er and are pay­able in a coun­try oth­er than the coun­try of is­sue or in an over­seas ter­rit­ory be­long­ing to the coun­try of is­sue, or vice versa, or are both is­sued and pay­able in an over­seas ter­rit­ory, or are is­sued in one over­seas ter­rit­ory and pay­able in a dif­fer­ent over­seas ter­rit­ory be­long­ing to the same coun­try. Such du­plic­ates must be giv­en seri­al num­bers with­in the text on the in­stru­ment; oth­er­wise, each du­plic­ate counts as a sep­ar­ate cheque.