Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ In ur­gent cases, the Pres­id­ent may or­der pre­cau­tion­ary meas­ures to be taken.

² If it is not pos­sible to ar­range an or­din­ary or ex­traordin­ary Fed­er­al Coun­cil meet­ing, the Pres­id­ent de­cides in its stead.

³ These de­cisions must be sub­mit­ted ret­ro­spect­ively to the Fed­er­al Coun­cil for ap­prov­al.

⁴ In ad­di­tion, the Fed­er­al Coun­cil may au­thor­ise the Pres­id­ent of the Con­fed­er­a­tion to de­cide on mat­ters of a pre­dom­in­antly form­al nature.