Where the activity of a legal entity, or of a general or limited partnership, contravenes a statutory or official prohibition, the competent authority may order the dissolution and liquidation of the legal entity or partnership concerned in accordance with the Federal Act of 11 April 18891on Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy.
Where the business undertaking is a sole proprietorship, the competent authority may order the liquidation of the business assets and, as the case may be, deletion of the undertaking from the commercial register.
The competent authority may confiscate any surplus resulting from the liquidation.