Publications Act (Switzerland)

The Publications Act (PublA) is a Swiss federal law that governs the publication of the compilations of federal law (Official Compilation and Systematic Compilation) and of the Federal Gazette. It was adopted on 18 June 2004 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 January.

The law replaces the previous Publications Act from 1984. Some of the key changes include the introduction of a legal basis for the electronic publication of legal texts on the internet.FF 2003 7047, Message concernant la loi fédérale sur les recueils du droit fédéral et la Feuille fédérale (Loi sur les publications officielles, LPubl) Prior to the law of 1984, the topic was regulated through the Ordinance of 5 March 1849 on the publication of a Federal Gazette.

Publications Act (Switzerland)

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