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Art. 52
A. Legal personality 1 Associations of persons organised as corporate bodies and independent bodies with a specific purpose acquire legal personality on being entered in the commercial register. 2Public law corporations and bodies, and associations that do not have a commercial purpose do not require registration.1 3Associations of persons and bodies which pursue an immoral or unlawful purpose may not acquire legal personality. 1 Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014 on the Implementation of the 2012 Revision of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1389; BBl 2014 605). |