1 Associations of persons and institutions or foundations that had acquired legal personality under the previous law, retain their personality under the new law even where they would not acquire legal personality under the new law.
2 Existing legal entities that require to be entered in the public register in accordance with this Code must register within five years of the commencement of the new law even if no provision was made for registration under the previous law and are no longer recognised as legal entities on expiry of this time limit.
2bis Religious foundations and family foundation that are not entered in the commercial register when the Amendment of 12 December 2014 (Art. 52 para. 2) comes into force continue to be recognised as legal entities. They must be entered in the commercial register within five years of the Amendment coming into force. The Federal Council shall take the special circumstances of religious foundations into account when determining the requirements for entry in the commercial register.701
3 The status of the legal personality of all legal entities is determined by the new law as soon as this Code comes into force.
700 Originally Art. 6a. Previously Art. 7.
701 Inserted by No I 1 of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014 on the Implementation of the 2012 Revision of the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1389; BBl 2014 605).
1 Der Bundesrat regelt den Übergang von der bisherigen auf die elektronische Registerführung.
2 Der Bund übernimmt die Investitionskosten bis zu 5 Millionen Franken.
699 Eingefügt durch Ziff. I des BG vom 5. Okt. 2001 (Elektronische Führung der Personenstandsregister), in Kraft seit 1. Juli 2004 (AS 2004 2911; BBl 2001 1639).
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