Federal Act
on Weapons, Weapon Accessories and Ammunition
(Weapons Act, WA)

¹ Per­sons who are res­id­ent abroad may only be gran­ted an ex­emp­tion per­mit for the ac­quis­i­tion of a weapon, an es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ent or weapon ac­cess­ory un­der Art­icle 5 para­graph 1 if they sub­mit an of­fi­cial at­test­a­tion from their coun­try of res­id­ence con­firm­ing that they are au­thor­ised to ac­quire such an ob­ject.¹⁴

² Where there is doubt as to the au­then­ti­city of the at­test­a­tion or the per­son is not able to sub­mit such an at­test­a­tion, the can­ton shall for­ward the file to the Cent­ral Of­fice. The Cent­ral Of­fice shall ex­am­ine the at­test­a­tion or may is­sue one if ap­pro­pri­ate.