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

¹ A fi­nal vote shall be held on:

a.

a fed­er­al act;

b.

an or­din­ance of the Fed­er­al As­sembly;

c.

a fed­er­al de­cree that is sub­ject to a man­dat­ory or an op­tion­al ref­er­en­dum.⁸⁶

^1bis The fi­nal vote shall be held as soon as the coun­cils have reached un­an­im­ous de­cisions on the bill and have ap­proved the word­ing re­vised by the Draft­ing Com­mit­tee. The two coun­cils shall hold the fi­nal vote on the same day.⁸⁷

² If both coun­cils ap­prove the bill then the en­act­ment has been passed by the Fed­er­al As­sembly.

³ If one or both coun­cils re­ject the bill then the en­act­ment is not passed.