Federal Act on Political Rights
Inserted by No I of the FA of 21 June 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2003 (AS 2002 3193; BBl 2001 6401).
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Art. 76a
1 A political party may be officially registered with the Federal Chancellery: a. if it has the legal form of an association in terms of Articles 60–79 of the Swiss Civil Code ; and b. if it is represented in the same name by at least one member in the National Council or by at least three members in each of any three cantonal parliaments. 2 For entry in the Register of Political Parties, the association shall file the following documents and information with the Federal Chancellery: a. a copy of its legally valid constitution; b. the name and headquarters of the party in accordance with the constitution; c. the names and addresses of the president and secretary of the national party. 3 The Federal Chancellery shall maintain a register of the information filed by political parties. This shall be a public register. The Federal Assembly shall enact an ordinance to regulate the details of the register.
Para. 1 let. a — SR 210