Government and Administration Organisation Act
(GAOA)

¹ The fol­low­ing may not be mem­bers of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil at the same time:

a.

two per­sons mar­ried to each oth­er or who live in a re­gistered part­ner­ship or as co­hab­it­ees;

b.

re­l­at­ives and in-laws re­lated in dir­ect line or col­lat­er­ally up to the fourth de­gree;

c.

two per­sons whose spouses or re­gistered part­ners are sib­lings.

² This pro­vi­sion ap­plies by ana­logy to the de­gree of re­la­tion­ship between the Fed­er­al Chan­cel­lor and mem­bers of the Fed­er­al Coun­cil.