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

272 Cudesch da procedura civila svizzer dals 19 da december 2008 (Cudesch da procedura civila, CPC)

Art. 163 Right to refuse

1 A party may refuse to cooperate if:

a.
the taking of evidence would expose a close associate as defined in Article 165 to criminal prosecution or civil liability;
b.
the disclosure of a secret would be an offence under Article 321 of the Swiss Criminal Code (SCC)59; the foregoing does not apply to auditors; Article 166 paragraph 1 letter b third subset applies by analogy.

2 Other confidants entrusted with legally protected secrets may refuse to cooperate if they credibly demonstrate that the interest in keeping the secret outweighs the interest in finding the truth.

Art. 162 Cooperaziun refusada giustifitgadamain

Sch’ina partida u ina terza persuna refusescha giustifitgadamain la cooperaziun, na dastga la dretgira trair naginas conclusiuns areguard il fatg che sto vegnir cumprovà.

 

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