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

¹ If events arise that could pre­vent sev­er­al as­sembly mem­bers from phys­ic­ally at­tend­ing coun­cil meet­ings, a coun­cil may per­mit in­di­vidu­al as­sembly mem­bers to at­tend vir­tu­ally, provided the quor­um is reached in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 159 para­graph 1 of the Fed­er­al Con­sti­tu­tion.

² An as­sembly mem­ber may at­tend coun­cil meet­ings vir­tu­ally only if their phys­ic­al at­tend­ance is pre­ven­ted by an of­fi­cial or­der re­lat­ing to the events set out in para­graph 1 or due to force ma­jeure. The as­sembly mem­ber shall in­form the Coun­cil Pres­id­ent in good time.

³ As­sembly mem­bers who at­tend vir­tu­ally shall have the same rights as those who at­tend phys­ic­ally, with the ex­cep­tion that they are not per­mit­ted to par­ti­cip­ate in elec­tions and meet­ings in cam­era (in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 4 para­graph 2).

⁴ Votes shall not be held again if as­sembly mem­bers are un­able to cast their votes on tech­nic­al grounds.

⁵ The coun­cil and the pub­lic shall be in­formed as to which as­sembly mem­bers have at­ten­ded meet­ings vir­tu­ally.