Swiss Civil Code

¹ As­so­ci­ations of per­sons and in­sti­tu­tions or found­a­tions that had ac­quired leg­al per­son­al­ity un­der the pre­vi­ous law, re­tain their per­son­al­ity un­der the new law even where they would not ac­quire leg­al per­son­al­ity un­der the new law.

² Ex­ist­ing leg­al en­tit­ies that re­quire to be entered in the pub­lic re­gister in ac­cord­ance with this Code must re­gister with­in five years of the com­mence­ment of the new law even if no pro­vi­sion was made for re­gis­tra­tion un­der the pre­vi­ous law and are no longer re­cog­nised as leg­al en­tit­ies on ex­piry of this time lim­it.

^2bis Re­li­gious found­a­tions and fam­ily found­a­tion that are not entered in the com­mer­cial re­gister when the Amend­ment of 12 Decem­ber 2014 (Art. 52 para. 2) comes in­to force con­tin­ue to be re­cog­nised as leg­al en­tit­ies. They must be entered in the com­mer­cial re­gister with­in five years of the Amend­ment com­ing in­to force. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall take the spe­cial cir­cum­stances of re­li­gious found­a­tions in­to ac­count when de­term­in­ing the re­quire­ments for entry in the com­mer­cial re­gister.⁷⁰³

³ The status of the leg­al per­son­al­ity of all leg­al en­tit­ies is de­term­ined by the new law as soon as this Code comes in­to force.