Swiss Civil Code

¹ If the test­a­ment­ary dis­pos­i­tion is form­ally de­fect­ive, it is de­clared in­val­id on be­ing con­tested be­fore a court.

² If the form­al de­fect con­sists in the cer­tain per­sons be­ing party to the ex­e­cu­tion of the dis­pos­i­tion who or whose fam­ily mem­bers are be­ne­fi­ciar­ies un­der the test­a­ment­ary dis­pos­i­tion, only the clauses re­lat­ing to those be­ne­fi­ciar­ies shall be de­clared in­val­id.

³ The right of ac­tion is gov­erned by the same pro­vi­sions as ap­ply in the event of a lack of test­a­ment­ary ca­pa­city.