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

¹ A re­gistered at­tor­ney or com­mer­cial agent ap­poin­ted to man­age the af­fairs of the busi­ness as a whole or em­ployed by the own­er of the busi­ness may not without the own­er’s con­sent en­gage in trans­ac­tions for his own ac­count or that of a third party in the eco­nom­ic sec­tors in which the own­er him­self is act­ive.²⁷⁰

² In the event of any vi­ol­a­tion of this pro­vi­sion, the own­er of the busi­ness may seek com­pens­a­tion for the res­ult­ant dam­age and ap­pro­pri­ate the rel­ev­ant trans­ac­tions for his own ac­count.