Federal Act
on the Federal Assembly
(Parliament Act, ParlA)

¹ Par­lia­ment­ary pro­ced­ur­al re­quests are:

a.

mo­tions;

b.

pos­tu­lates;

c.

in­ter­pel­la­tions;

d.

ques­tions.

² They shall nor­mally be ad­dressed to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil.

³ If they re­late to the or­gan­isa­tion or pro­ced­ures of the Fed­er­al As­sembly, they shall nor­mally be ad­dressed to the of­fice of the coun­cil to which they are sub­mit­ted.

⁴ They shall be ad­dressed to the fed­er­al courts if they re­late to the con­duct of busi­ness or fin­an­cial budget of the fed­er­al courts; mo­tions are ex­cluded.

^4bis They shall be ad­dressed to the Su­per­vis­ory Au­thor­ity for the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land if they re­late to the man­age­ment or budget of the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land or its Su­per­vis­ory Au­thor­ity; mo­tions are ex­cluded.¹¹⁰

⁵ In the case of pro­ced­ur­al re­quests made to the of­fices of the cham­bers and to the fed­er­al courts, Art­icles 120–125 ap­ply by ana­logy.¹¹¹