The Swiss Code of Obligations is the federal law of Switzerland governing contracts and joint stock companies, forming the fifth part of the Swiss Civil Code. Adopted in 1911, it entered into force on 1 January 1912 and has been substantially revised since, with its current version dating to 1 April 2020. Organized into five divisions, it covers contractual obligations, company law, the commercial register and negotiable securities, and its own articles carry separate numbering within the civil code. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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It was first adopted in 1911 (effective since 1 January 1912)
In Group: National Commercial and Obligations Codes, Introduction, sentence 1
The Swiss Code of Obligations (SR/RS 22, German: Obligationenrecht; French: Code des obligations; Italian: Diritto delle obbligazioni; Romansh: Dretg d'obligaziuns), the 5th part of the Swiss civil code, is a federal law that regulates contract law and joint-stock companies (Aktiengesellschaft or SA).
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