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Art. 142

171.10ParlAFederal ActDec 1, 2003Original source
  1. The Federal Council shall submit to the Federal Assembly:
    1. 1 the draft for the Federal Budget;
    2. the drafts for the ordinary updates and additional credits, two months prior to the start of the session in which they are to be considered;
    3. the state accounts, every year two months prior to the start of the session in which they are to be considered.
  2. It shall accept the drafts for the budget as well as the accounts of the Federal Assembly, the federal courts, the Federal Audit Office, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland, the Supervisory Authority for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland and the FDPIC without modification and incorporate them into its draft budget and the state accounts.2
  3. The Federal Supreme Court is responsible for presenting the draft budget and the draft accounts of the federal courts to the Federal Assembly. The Administration Delegation of the Federal Assembly is responsible for presenting the draft budget and accounts of the Federal Assembly, the Finance Delegation for presenting the draft budget and accounts of the Federal Audit Office, and the Supervisory Authority for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland for itself and for the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland. The FDPIC shall present the draft of its budget and its accounts to the Federal Assembly.34
  4. The Federal Council shall arrange for projections on the expected annual return to be issued as per 30 June and 30 September. It shall notify the Finance Committees thereof.5

Footnotes

  1. Amended by Art. 65 No 1 of the Financial Budget Act of 7 Oct. 2005, in force since 1 May 2006 (AS 2006 1275;BBl 2005 5). ↩

  2. Amended by No I of the FA of 21 March 2025 (Submission of Procedural Requests and Parliamentary Initiatives), in force since 8 Sept. 2025 (AS 2025 530;BBl 2024 1799,2462). ↩

  3. Third sentence inserted by Annex 1 No II 12 of the Data Protection Act of 25 Sept. 2020, in force since 1 Sept. 2023 (AS 2022 491;BBl 2017 6941). ↩

  4. Amended by Annex No II 2 of the Law Enforcement Authorities Act of 19 March 2010, in force since 1 Jan. 2011 (AS 2010 3267;BBl 2008 8125). ↩

  5. Inserted by Art. 65 No 1 of the Financial Budget Act of 7 Oct. 2005, in force since 1 May 2006 (AS 2006 1275;BBl 2005 5). ↩

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