Federal Act
on Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy
(DEBA)¹

¹ The can­tons may, un­less fed­er­al law ap­plies, im­pose con­sequences un­der pub­lic law (such as de­clar­ing a per­son un­fit for pub­lic of­fice or to carry on a pro­fes­sion or activ­it­ies re­quir­ing au­thor­isa­tion) to un­suc­cess­ful dis­traint pro­ceed­ings or a de­clar­a­tion of bank­ruptcy. These con­sequences may not in­clude a with­draw­al of the right to vote or be elec­ted, or the pub­lic­a­tion of un­paid debt cer­ti­fic­ates.

² The leg­al con­sequences must be re­voked if the bank­ruptcy is an­nulled, if all cred­it­ors hold­ing un­paid debt cer­ti­fic­ates have been re­paid in full or their claims have be­come time-barred.

³ If the only cred­it­or to sus­tain a loss is the debt­or’s spouse or re­gistered part­ner, no con­sequences un­der pub­lic law may be im­posed for un­suc­cess­ful dis­traint pro­ceed­ings or bank­ruptcy.⁴³