Federal Act
on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs
(Coat of Arms Protection Act, CAPA)

¹ Of­fi­cial des­ig­na­tions and terms with which they could be con­fused may only be used on their own by the pub­lic body to which they be­long.

² The use of des­ig­na­tions un­der para­graph 1 by per­sons oth­er than the pub­lic body en­titled to use them is only per­miss­ible when such per­sons are car­ry­ing out an of­fi­cial or semi-of­fi­cial activ­ity.

³ Des­ig­na­tions un­der para­graph 1 may be used in con­junc­tion with oth­er word or fig­ur­at­ive ele­ments to the ex­tent that such use is neither mis­lead­ing nor con­trary to pub­lic policy, mor­al­ity or ap­plic­able law.