Federal Act
on the Compilations of Federal Legislation
and the Federal Gazette
(Publications Act, PublA)

¹ Leg­al ob­lig­a­tions arising from texts in terms of Art­icles 2–4 shall ap­ply as soon as the texts have been pub­lished in ac­cord­ance with the pro­vi­sions of this Sec­tion.

² If an en­act­ment is pub­lished in the AS after com­mence­ment, ob­lig­a­tions arising there­from ap­ply from the day fol­low­ing pub­lic­a­tion, sub­ject to Art­icle 7 para­graph 3.

³ If an en­act­ment is pub­lished un­der the ex­cep­tion­al pro­ced­ure, it re­mains open to any per­son af­fected thereby to show that he or she was un­aware of the en­act­ment and des­pite tak­ing all reas­on­able care could not have been aware of it.