Restrictions in relation to signature collection

FEDERAL ACT ONPOLITICAL RIGHTS

(Adopted 1976; last amended 2009)

http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/161_1/index.html

Title 4: TheReferendum

Chapter 2: TheOptional Referendum

Section 2: The PopularReferendum

Art. 60 Signaturelists

(1) The signature list (on forms,sheets of paper or cards) used by those requesting a referendum for the purposeof collecting signatures must contain the following information:

a. the canton and the political commune in which the signatoryis eligible to vote;

b. the title of the enactment with the date of its adoption by theFederal Assembly;

c. reference to the fact that anyone who falsifies the result of a signature list for areferendum (Art. 282 of the Swiss Criminal Code, SCC) or who offers or accepts bribesin connection with a signature list (Art. 281 SCC) commits an offence.

Title 5: The Popular Initiative

Art. 68 Signature lists

(1) The signature list (on forms, sheets of paper or cards)that is used to collect signatures for a popular initiative must contain thefollowing information:

a. the canton and the political commune in which the signatoryis eligible to vote;

b. the title and text of the initiative, together with the date ofits publication in the Federal Gazette;

c. a withdrawal clause within the meaning of Article 73;

d. reference to the fact that anyone who falsifies the result of a signature collectionfor a popular initiative (Art. 282 SCC) or who offers or accepts bribes in connection witha signature collection (Art. 281 SCC) commits an offence;

e. the names and addresses of a minimum of seven and a maximum of27 authors of the initiative, all of whom must be eligible to vote (theinitiative committee).