Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The hear­ing must take place with­in two months of re­ceipt of the ap­plic­a­tion or the end of the ex­change of writ­ten sub­mis­sions.

² The con­cili­ation au­thor­ity shall con­sider the phys­ic­al re­cords presen­ted to it and may con­duct an in­spec­tion. If it is con­sid­er­ing a pro­posed judg­ment un­der Art­icle 210 or a de­cision un­der Art­icle 212, it may also take oth­er evid­ence un­less this will sub­stan­tially delay the pro­ceed­ings.

³ The hear­ing is not pub­lic. In the dis­putes men­tioned in Art­icle 200, the con­cili­ation au­thor­ity may al­low full or par­tial pub­lic ac­cess to the hear­ings if there is a pub­lic in­terest.

⁴ With the con­sent of the parties, the con­cili­ation au­thor­ity may hold ad­di­tion­al hear­ings. The dur­a­tion of the pro­ceed­ings must not ex­ceed twelve months.