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

¹ The Fed­er­al As­sembly en­acts im­port­ant le­gis­lat­ive pro­vi­sions in the form of a fed­er­al act.

² It may en­act fur­ther le­gis­lat­ive pro­vi­sions in the form of a fed­er­al act or, provided it is en­titled to do so by the Fed­er­al Con­sti­tu­tion or the law, in the form of an or­din­ance of the Fed­er­al As­sembly.

³ Pri­or to the en­act­ment of le­gis­lat­ive pro­vi­sions by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil, the rel­ev­ant com­mit­tees of the Fed­er­al As­sembly shall be con­sul­ted if they so re­quest, provided the ur­gency of the pro­vi­sions so per­mits. Draft or­din­ances in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 151 para­graph 2^bis shall in any case be sub­mit­ted to the rel­ev­ant com­mit­tees for con­sulta­tion.³¹

⁴ Pro­vi­sions shall be re­garded as be­ing le­gis­lat­ive if they im­pose ob­lig­a­tions or con­fer rights or re­spons­ib­il­it­ies in gen­er­al and ab­stract terms and with dir­ectly bind­ing ef­fect.