Swiss Civil Code

¹ As­so­ci­ations with a polit­ic­al, re­li­gious, sci­entif­ic, cul­tur­al, char­it­able, so­cial or oth­er non-com­mer­cial pur­pose ac­quire leg­al per­son­al­ity as soon as their in­ten­tion to ex­ist as a cor­por­ate body is ap­par­ent from their art­icles of as­so­ci­ation.

² The art­icles of as­so­ci­ation must be done in writ­ing and in­dic­ate the ob­jects of the as­so­ci­ation, its re­sources and its or­gan­isa­tion.