Publications Act (PublA) | |
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Federal Assembly of Switzerland | |
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Territorial extent | Switzerland |
Enacted by | Federal Assembly of Switzerland |
Enacted | 18 June 2004 |
Commenced | 1 January 2005 |
Repeals | |
Publications Act (1984) | |
Status: Current legislation |
The Publications Act (PublA) ( German: Publikationsgesetz, PublG, French: Loi sur les publications officielles, LPubl, Italian: Legge sulle pubblicazioni ufficiali, LPubb), is a Swiss federal law that governs the publication of the compilations of federal law ( Official Compilation and Systematic Compilation) and of the Federal Gazette. [1] It was adopted on 18 June 2004 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 January.
The law replaces the previous Publications Act from 1984. [2] Some of the key changes include the introduction of a legal basis for the electronic publication of legal texts on the internet. [3] Prior to the law of 1984, the topic was regulated through the Ordinance of 5 March 1849 on the publication of a Federal Gazette ( German: Verordnung betreffend die Herausgabe eines Bundesblattes, French: Ordonnance relative à la publication d'une Feuille fédérale, Italian: Ordinanza sulla pubblicazione di un foglio federale). [4]