Swiss Civil Procedure Code
(Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

¹ The ap­pel­late court shall re­quest the case files from the lower court.

² It may de­cide on the basis of the case files.

³ In the event that it up­holds the ob­jec­tion, the ap­pel­late court shall:

a.

set aside the de­cision or the pro­ced­ur­al rul­ing and re­mit the case to the lower court; or

b.

make a new de­cision provided the ap­pel­late court is in the po­s­i­tion to make a de­cision.

⁴ If an ob­jec­tion of un­due delay is up­held, the ap­pel­late court may set a dead­line with­in which the lower court must deal with the case.

⁵Art­icle 239 ap­plies mu­tatis mutandis to the no­ti­fic­a­tion and jus­ti­fic­a­tion of the de­cision.²⁵⁷