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

¹ The mem­bers the Fed­er­al As­sembly (as­sembly mem­bers) have the right to sub­mit par­lia­ment­ary ini­ti­at­ives and par­lia­ment­ary pro­ced­ur­al re­quests and to pro­pose can­did­ates for elec­tion.

² They may sub­mit pro­pos­als re­lat­ing to pending busi­ness and pro­ced­ure.

³ The right to speak and the time al­lowed for speeches may be lim­ited by the Stand­ing Or­ders of the Coun­cils.

⁴ If a par­lia­ment­ary ini­ti­at­ive, a mo­tion or a pos­tu­late is op­posed, a vote may be held only if the ori­gin­at­or has been giv­en the op­por­tun­ity to provide verbal jus­ti­fic­a­tion. In ad­di­tion, the per­son who first re­ques­ted re­jec­tion must at least be giv­en the right to speak.⁷