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Art. 102

210CCFederal ActJan 1, 1912Original source
  1. A wedding is a public ceremony that takes place in the presence of two adult witnesses who are capable of judgement.1
  2. The civil registrar asks the prospective spouses individually whether each wishes to marry the other.2
  3. If both answer in the affirmative, they are pronounced married by mutual consent.

Footnotes

  1. Amended by No I 2 of the FA of 19 Dec. 2008 (Adult Protection Law, Law of Persons and Law of Children), in force since 1 Jan. 2013 (AS 2011 725;BBl 2006 7001).

  2. Amended by No I of the FA of 18 Dec. 2020 (Marriage for All), in force since 1 July 2022 (AS 2021 747;BBl 2019 8595; 2020 1273).

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