Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The court shall make the re­quired pro­ced­ur­al rul­ings so that if pos­sible the mat­ter may be con­cluded at the first hear­ing.

² If the cir­cum­stances so re­quire, the court may or­der an ex­change of writ­ten sub­mis­sions and hold in­struc­tion hear­ings.