Swiss Civil Code

¹ In the fol­low­ing cases, the pa­tient or a closely re­lated per­son may pe­ti­tion the com­pet­ent court in writ­ing:

1.

in cases of hos­pit­al­isa­tion ordered by a doc­tor;

2.

in cases where the pa­tient is de­tained by the in­sti­tu­tion;

3.

in cases where a re­quest for dis­charge is re­fused by the in­sti­tu­tion;

4.

in cases where a men­tal dis­order is treated without con­sent;

5.

in cases of meas­ures re­strict­ing free­dom of move­ment.

² The dead­line for ap­peal­ing to the court is ten days from the date on which no­tice of the de­cision is giv­en. In the case of meas­ures re­strict­ing free­dom of move­ment, an ap­peal may be made to the court at any time.

³ The pro­ced­ure is gov­erned mu­tatis mutandis by the pro­vi­sions on pro­ceed­ings be­fore a ju­di­cial ap­pel­late au­thor­ity.

⁴ An ap­plic­a­tion for ju­di­cial as­sess­ment must be passed on to the com­pet­ent court im­me­di­ately.