The Federal Council shall submit to the Federal Assembly:
at the latest one year after submission of a successful popular initiative, a dispatch and the draft of a federal decree for the consideration of the Federal Assembly;
at the latest one year after the approval of the people or of the Federal Assembly of an initiative submitted in the form of a general proposal, a dispatch and the draft of a federal decree for a partial revision of the Federal Constitution.
If the Federal Council decides to draw up a draft federal decree on a counter-proposal or a bill that is closely related to the popular initiative, the foregoing period shall be extended to 18 months.1
If the Federal Council does not submit its dispatch and the draft of a federal decree to the Federal Assembly in due time, a relevant committee may draw up the necessary bill.2
Footnotes
Amended by No I of the FA of 15 June 2018, in force since 26 Nov. 2018 (AS 2018 3461;BBl 2017 6797,6865). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 15 June 2018, in force since 26 Nov. 2018 (AS 2018 3461;BBl 2017 6797,6865). ↩
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