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Art. 98 Validity of popular initiatives
1 The Federal Assembly shall declare a popular initiative wholly or partly invalid if it holds that the requirements of Article 139 paragraph 3 of the Federal Constitution have not been fulfilled. 2 If the decisions of the two councils in relation to the validity of the popular initiative or of parts thereof diverge from each other and the council that has approved the validity of the initiative confirms its decision, the popular initiative or, depending on the case, its disputed part, shall be held to be valid. 3 If the compromise motion on the voting recommendation is rejected, in derogation from Article 93 para. 2 only the provision concerned shall be deleted.99 99 Inserted by No I of the FA of 15 June 2018, in force since 26 Nov. 2018 (AS 2018 3461; BBl 2017 6797, 6865). |