272 Swiss Civil Procedure Code of 19 December 2008 (Civil Procedure Code, CPC)

272 Code de procédure civile du 19 décembre 2008 (CPC)

Art. 143 Compliance

1 Submissions must be filed no later than the last day of the limitation period, either by filing with the court or by handing over to Swiss Post or a diplomatic mission or consular office of Switzerland for forwarding on to the court.

2 In case of electronic submission, the relevant time for compliance with a deadline is that at which the receipt is issued that confirms that all the steps have been completed that the party must carry out for transmission.54

3 Payment to the court is made within the deadline if the funds are handed over to Swiss Post in favour of the court or debited from a postal or bank account in Switzerland no later than on the last day of the limitation period.

54 Amended by Annex No II 5 of the FA of 18 March 2016 on Electronic Signatures, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 4651; BBl 2014 1001).

Art. 142 Computation

1 Les délais déclenchés par la communication ou la survenance d’un événement courent dès le lendemain de celles-ci.

2 Lorsqu’un délai est fixé en mois, il expire le jour du dernier mois correspondant au jour où il a commencé à courir. En l’absence d’une telle date, il expire le dernier jour du mois.

3 Si le dernier jour est un samedi, un dimanche ou un jour férié reconnu par le droit fédéral ou le droit cantonal du siège du tribunal, le délai expire le premier jour ouvrable qui suit.

 

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