Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ If the state­ment of de­fence is not filed with­in the dead­line, the court shall al­low the de­fend­ant a short peri­od of grace.

² If the state­ment of de­fence is not filed by the end of the peri­od of grace, the court shall make a fi­nal de­cision provided the court is in a po­s­i­tion to make a de­cision. Oth­er­wise, it shall sum­mon the parties to the main hear­ing.