Federal Act
on the Registered Partnership
between Same-Sex Couples
(Same-Sex Partnership Act, SSPA)

The re­gistered part­ner­ship shall be de­clared null and void if:

a.

at the time of re­gis­tra­tion, either of the part­ners was liv­ing in a re­gistered part­ner­ship or mar­ried, and the earli­er re­gistered part­ner­ship or mar­riage had not been dis­solved;

b.

either of the part­ners was not cap­able of judge­ment at the time the part­ner­ship was re­gistered and has not be­come cap­able of judge­ment since then;

c.

the part­ners are re­lated in dir­ect line, or are sib­lings or half-sib­lings;

d.

either of the pro­spect­ive spouses clearly has no in­ten­tion of liv­ing with the oth­er but wishes to cir­cum­vent the pro­vi­sions on the ad­mis­sion and res­id­ence of for­eign na­tion­als;

e.

either of the part­ners did not give their free con­sent to the re­gis­tra­tion of the part­ner­ship.