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

¹ The Fed­er­al As­sembly may sub­mit its own counter-pro­pos­al on the same con­sti­tu­tion­al is­sue to the vote of the people and the Can­tons at the same time as the pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive.

² The fed­er­al de­cree on the counter-pro­pos­al of the Fed­er­al As­sembly shall be de­bated in each coun­cil pri­or to the As­sembly de­cid­ing on the vot­ing re­com­mend­a­tion in the fed­er­al de­cree on the pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive.

³ The fi­nal vote on the fed­er­al de­cree on the counter-pro­pos­al shall take place no more than eight days be­fore the end of the ses­sion which pre­cedes the ex­piry of the dead­line for deal­ing with the pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive. If the fed­er­al de­cree is re­jec­ted by either coun­cil in the fi­nal vote, the con­cili­ation com­mit­tee shall sub­mit a pro­pos­al on the vot­ing re­com­mend­a­tion in the fed­er­al de­cree on the pop­u­lar ini­ti­at­ive. A counter-pro­pos­al may no longer be put for­ward.