Swiss Civil Code

¹The or­al will, in­clud­ing the place, day, month and year, must be writ­ten down im­me­di­ately by one of the wit­nesses, then signed by both and lodged without delay with a ju­di­cial au­thor­ity to­geth­er with a de­clar­a­tion that the test­at­or was in full pos­ses­sion of his or her test­a­ment­ary ca­pa­city and that he or she in­formed them of his or her will in the spe­cial cir­cum­stances pre­vail­ing at that time.

²The two wit­nesses may in­stead have the will re­cor­ded by a ju­di­cial au­thor­ity along with the same de­clar­a­tion.

³If the test­at­or makes his or her or­al will while on mil­it­ary ser­vice, an of­ficer with the rank of cap­tain or high­er may take the place of the ju­di­cial au­thor­ity.