Commentaries: Art. 156

Persons in the service of the Confederation are obliged to provide information completely and truthfully and to indicate all useful documents.
The right to refuse to testify in terms of Article 42 Paragraph 1 of the Federal Act of 4 December 1947¹on Federal Civil Procedure is applicable by analogy.
Persons in the service of the Confederation may not suffer any prejudice as a result of making truthful statements to a committee. No proceedings may be taken against them based on statements made to a committee without the prior consultation of the committee concerned.
Persons in the service of the Confederation in terms of this Act are the personnel of the Confederation and persons who are directly entrusted with public duties on behalf of the Confederation. The nature of their relationship with the Confederation is not decisive.

Art. 156