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A petition is a document by which one or more persons submit requests, proposals, criticisms, or complaints to the authorities or express their opinion on a matter that concerns them or on an issue of general interest.

A petition may be addressed to the cantonal or communal legislative and executive authorities as well as to the judicial authorities.

The right to submit a petition belongs to any natural person capable of discernment and to any legal entity.

The petition can be individual or collective.

1. The petition must be written.

2. It must bear the handwritten signature of each petitioner.

3. It must indicate the domicile or the registered office as well as the address of each petitioner.

1. Petitioners may collect signatures in support of their petition.

2. The collected signatures must be handwritten, without any additional indications.

[3] 1. Signatures may be collected on online platforms.

2. They must include at least the first and last names of the signatories.

3. The text of the online version must be identical to the written form.

4. The list of electronic signatures is submitted in printed form when the petition is filed.

1. The regular exercise of the right to petition shall not result in any inconvenience or sanctions for the petitioner.

2. The content of the petition does not enjoy any privilege.

[4] If the petition is of an injurious, defamatory, incoherent nature, or is anonymous, the authorities shall dismiss it without further action.

1. The identity of the petitioners is public unless they have requested in writing that their identity be kept confidential.

2. The authorities may disregard a petition if the identity of the petitioners is to be kept confidential.

[5] Petitions addressed to the Grand Council are processed in accordance with the provisions of the Grand Council Organization Act (OGC), dated October 30, 2012.

A petition relating to a specific procedure, pending, already settled, or whose imminent opening is foreseeable, is inadmissible.

Judicial authorities may examine on the merits the petitions addressed to them relating to other matters, but they are not obliged to do so.

1. The authority that receives a petition shall conduct a material examination of it and process it in such a manner as to be able to respond no later than within one year following its submission.

2. If it becomes apparent that a petition is manifestly inadmissible or unfounded, the authority shall proceed to dismiss it and inform the petitioner or one of the petitioners if the petition is collective.

1 The authority must respond to the petition either by

d) proceeding with its filing.

2. The authority's response is final.

1. The response of the authority is communicated to the petitioner.

2. If the petition is collective, the response is communicated to one of the petitioners, who is responsible for informing the others.

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This law is subject to an optional referendum.

1 The Council of State determines the effective date of the present law.

2. It shall, if necessary, provide for its promulgation and execution.

Law promulgated by the Council of State on May 4, 2005.

The entry into force is immediate.