Parliament Act (Switzerland)

The Parliament Act (ParlA) is a Swiss federal law that clarifies the provisions of the Swiss constitution (Title 5, Chapter 2) on the rights, duties, tasks, organization and procedure of the Federal Assembly, as well as the division of power between the Federal Assembly, the Federal Council, and the Federal courts. It was adopted on 13 December 2002 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 December 2003. It replaces the Parliamentary Procedures Act from 1962.

History

1849: the first federal law governing the procedural relations between the two chambers of the Federal assembly (National Council and the Council of States).Loi fédérale sur les rapports entre le Conseil national, le Conseil des Etats et le Conseil fédéral, ainsi que sur la forme de la proumlgation et de la publication des lois et des arrêtés, 22 December 1949 1902: a total revision of the Act was passed. It introduced, among other things, the Finance Delegation. 1962: the Parliamentary Procedures Act is introduced, another total revision of the law.FF 2001 3298, Initiative parlementaire - Loi sur le Parlement (LParl) - Rapport de la Commission des institutions politiques du Conseil national 2002: a third total revision of the law is introduced with the Parliament Act (ParlA), which comes into force on 1 December 2003.

Parliament Act (Switzerland)

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