The Federal Archives shall archive the documents of the Confederation.
The archiving of cantonal documents that have originated in the conduct of federal tasks is the responsibility of the cantons, unless a federal act provides otherwise.
The Swiss National Bank and autonomous institutions designated by the Federal Council are responsible for the archiving of their own documents in accordance with the principles of this Act.
The Federal Criminal Court, Federal Administrative Court, Federal Patent Court and the federal appeals and arbitration commissions shall offer their documents to the Federal Archives for safekeeping in the event that they are themselves unable to archive the documents in accordance with the principles of this Act.1
Other public or private law bodies, provided they carry out executive tasks delegated to them by the Confederation, are themselves responsible for the archiving of related documents in accordance with the principles of this Act or shall offer these to the Federal Archives for safekeeping. The Federal Council shall enact a corresponding ordinance.
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Amended by No I 1 of the Federal Act of 28 Sept. 2012 on the Amendment of Procedural Provisions on Lawyers' Professional Secrecy, in force since 1 May 2013 (AS 2013 847;BBl 2011 8181). ↩
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