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

¹ The ten­ant of com­mer­cial premises may trans­fer his lease to a third party with the land­lord’s writ­ten con­sent.

² The land­lord may with­hold con­sent only for good cause.

³ Once the land­lord gives his con­sent, the third party is sub­rog­ated to the rights and ob­lig­a­tions of the ten­ant un­der the lease.

⁴ The ten­ant is re­leased from his ob­lig­a­tions to­wards the land­lord. However, he re­mains jointly and sev­er­ally li­able with the third party un­til such time as the lease ends or may be ter­min­ated un­der the con­tract or by law, but in any event for no more than two years.