Federal Act on Administrative Procedure

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Art. 21

1. In gen­er­al1

 

II. Com­pli­ance

1Writ­ten sub­mis­sions must be filed with the au­thor­ity or con­signed for de­liv­ery to swiss Post2 or a Swiss dip­lo­mat­ic or con­su­lar mis­sion at the latest on the last day of the peri­od.

1bisWrit­ten sub­mis­sions to the Fed­er­al In­sti­tute of In­tel­lec­tu­al Prop­erty3 may not be val­idly filed via a Swiss dip­lo­mat­ic or con­su­lar mis­sion.4

2If the party files the sub­mis­sion in time but with an au­thor­ity that is not com­pet­ent, the peri­od is deemed to have been com­plied with.

3The peri­od al­lowed for an ad­vance pay­ment to be made is com­plied with if the pay­ment in fa­vour of the au­thor­ity is made in time to Swiss Post or if a postal or bank ac­count in Switzer­land is deb­ited.5

1 Amended by An­nex No 10 of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court Act of 17 June 2005, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2006 2197 1069; BBl 2001 4202).
2 Now: Swiss Post.
3 Term ac­cord­ing to un­pub­lished Fed­er­al Coun­cil De­cree of 19 Dec. 1997. This amend­ment has been taken in­to ac­count throughout this Act.
4 In­ser­ted by No II of the FA of 17. Dec. 1976 on the Amend­ment of the FA on Pat­ents for In­ven­tions, in force since 1 Jan. 1978 (AS 1977 1997; BBl 1976 II 1).
5 In­ser­ted by An­nex No 10 of the Fed­er­al Ad­min­is­trat­ive Court Act of 17 June 2005, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2006 2197 1069; BBl 2001 4202).

 
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