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

¹ The ac­tion to nul­li­fy the re­gistered part­ner­ship must be in­sti­tuted ex of­fi­cio by the com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­ity at the part­ners’ place of res­id­ence; fur­ther­more, any­one who has an in­terest may in­sti­tute an ac­tion. In­so­far as this is com­pat­ible with their du­ties, the fed­er­al and can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies shall no­ti­fy the au­thor­ity re­spons­ible for the ac­tion if they have reas­on to be­lieve that grounds for nullity ex­ist.

² Once the part­ner­ship has been dis­solved, its nullity will no longer be pur­sued ex of­fi­cio; however, any­one who has an in­terest may re­quest a de­clar­a­tion of nullity.

³ The ac­tion may be in­sti­tuted at any time. However, an ac­tion for nullity on the grounds that either part­ner was a minor when the part­ner­ship was re­gistered may be in­sti­tuted only be­fore the part­ner in ques­tion reaches 25 years of age.