Parliament Act (ParlA)

Art. 162

1 The following provisions on procedural relations between the Federal Assembly and the Federal Council are applicable in an analogous manner to procedural relations between the Federal Assembly and the federal courts: a. budget and state accounts (Art. 142 para. 1); b. annual report (Art. 144 para. 2 and 145 para. 2); c. dealings between the committees and the Federal Council (7th Title, Chapter 2.); d. parliamentary investigation committee (9th Title). 2 The Federal Supreme Court shall appoint a member who is responsible in the Assembly and in its committees for matters relating to the drafts of the budget, the accounts and the annual reports of the federal courts as well as their views on parliamentary procedural requests that relate to the conduct of their business or their financial policy. 3 The member of the Federal Supreme Court may be accompanied in the committees by persons in the service of the Confederation, or, with the agreement of the committee president, be represented