Preliminary examination 

1 The Federal Chancellery shall declare in a ruling before the collection of signatures is begun whether the signature list corresponds to the form prescribed by law.

2 Where the title of an initiative is misleading, or if it contains commercial advertising or personal publicity or gives rise to confusion, it shall be amended by the Federal Chancellery.

3 The Federal Chancellery shall examine the texts of the initiative in all official languages to ensure that they correspond and shall undertake any translation work thereon that is required.

4 The title and text of the initiative, together with the names of the authors shall be published in the Federal Gazette.