1 Where the maturity date of a bill of exchange falls on a Sunday or a public holiday, payment may not be demanded until the following working day. Likewise, all other actions relating to the bill of exchange, and in particular presentation for acceptance and protest, may take place only on a working day.
2 Where the last day of a time limit within which such an action must be taken falls on a Sunday or a public holiday822, the time limit is extended to include the next working day. Holidays falling within the time limit are included when computing it.
822 In relation to the statutory time limits under federal law and the time limits fixed by authorities by virtue of federal law, Saturday is now regarded as equivalent to a public holiday (Art. 1 of the FA of 21 June 1963 on the Application of Limitation Periods to Saturdays; SR 173.110.3).
1 Wird der abhanden gekommene Wechsel vorgelegt, so setzt das Gericht dem Gesuchsteller eine Frist zur Anhebung der Klage auf Herausgabe des Wechsels.
2 Klagt der Gesuchsteller nicht binnen dieser Frist, so gibt das Gericht den Wechsel zurück und hebt das dem Bezogenen auferlegte Zahlungsverbot auf.
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