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

¹ The Fed­er­al As­sembly shall ex­er­cise su­per­vis­ory con­trol over the con­duct of busi­ness by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil and the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­tra­tion, the fed­er­al courts, the Su­per­vis­ory Au­thor­ity for the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land, the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land and by oth­er per­sons en­trus­ted with tasks of the Con­fed­er­a­tion.³⁷

² It shall ex­er­cise su­per­vis­ory con­trol over the fin­an­cial budget in the con­text of Art­icle 8 of the Fed­er­al Audit­ing Act of 28 June 1967³⁸.

³ The Fed­er­al As­sembly shall ex­er­cise su­per­vis­ory con­trol ac­cord­ing to the fol­low­ing cri­ter­ia:

a.

leg­al­ity;

b.

reg­u­lar­ity;

c.

ex­pedi­ency;

d.

ef­fect­ive­ness;

e.

eco­nom­ic ef­fi­ciency.

⁴ Su­per­vis­ory con­trol shall not in­clude the power to re­voke or al­ter de­cisions. It shall not in­clude con­trol over the con­tent of the ju­di­cial de­cisions of the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land.³⁹