Federal Act of 20 June 1933 on the Control of the Trade in Precious Metals and Precious Metal Articles (Precious Metals Control Act, PMCA)
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941.31
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Federal Act
on the Control of the Trade in Precious Metals
and Precious Metal Articles
(Precious Metals Control Act, PMCA) 1
of 20 June 1933 (Status as of 1 July 2023)
The Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation,
based on Articles 95 paragraph 1 and 97 paragraph 1 of the Federal Constitution2,3
and having examined the Federal Council Dispatch dated 8 June 19314
decrees:
- 1 Amended by Art. 75 No 2 of the Trademark Protection Act of 28 Aug. 1992, in force since 1 April 1993 (AS 1993 274; BBl 1991 I 1).
- 2 SR 101
- 3 Amended by No I 14 of the FA of 17 Dec. 2021 on the Harmonisation of Secondary Criminal Law with the Amended Law on Sanctions, in force since 1 July 2023 (AS 2023 254; BBl 2018 2827).
- 4 BBl 1931I 888A
- SR-Nummer
- SR 941.31
- Document type
- Federal act
- Language
- English (en)
- Data status
- 2023-07-01
- Document date
- 1933-06-20
- Source
- Fedlex
- Imported/checked on
- 2026-09-21
- Legal area
- National law
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Federal Act of 20 June 1933 on the Control of the Trade in Precious Metals and Precious Metal Articles (Precious Metals Control Act, PMCA)
- SR-Nummer
- SR 941.31
- Document type
- Federal act
- Language
- English (en)
- Document date
- 1933-06-20
- Source
- Fedlex
- Legal area
- National law