Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the debt collection office could waive publication after fruitless seizure on a request by the municipal Ammann office rather than the debtor.
Decisione estratta
A waiver of publication may be granted only upon a timely request by the debtor himself; the Ammann office was not entitled to apply.
Motivazione estratta
Section 3(2) expressly limits the waiver mechanism to a request by the debtor. Section 5(1), which requires notification to the Justice Department and the Ammann office, serves only to ensure enforcement of the statutory consequences and does not confer standing to request exemption. As an exception, the provision must be interpreted restrictively.