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

¹ Each mem­ber of the Fed­er­al As­sembly shall swear the oath or make the sol­emn prom­ise be­fore as­sum­ing of­fice.

² The per­sons elec­ted by the United Fed­er­al As­sembly shall swear their oath or make their sol­emn prom­ise be­fore the United Fed­er­al As­sembly fol­low­ing their elec­tion, un­less the law provides oth­er­wise.

³ Any per­son who re­fuses to swear the oath or make the sol­emn prom­ise is pro­hib­ited from as­sum­ing of­fice.

⁴ The oath is as fol­lows:

“I swear by Almighty God to up­hold the Con­sti­tu­tion and the law and to ful­fil the du­ties of my of­fice to the best of my abil­it­ies.”

⁵ The sol­emn prom­ise is as fol­lows:

“I sol­emnly prom­ise to up­hold the Con­sti­tu­tion and the law and to ful­fil the du­ties of my of­fice to the best of my abil­it­ies.”