# Statutory Formalities and Document Validity

**Numéro de cause:** ATAS/548/2007
**Citation:** CJ GE ATAS/548/2007
**Autorité / Tribunal:** Cour de Justice (Cour civile) (Chambre des assurances sociales)
**Date de la décision:** 2007-05-22
**Issue du litige:** Partiellement admis (Partially Allowed)
**Canonical Legislator URL:** https://legislator.ch/fr/sources/case/ch/ge/ATAS-548-2007/statutory-formalities-and-document-validity
**Official Source URL:** https://justice.ge.ch/apps/decis/fr/atas/show/1960371?doc=
**Entscheidsuche Mirror:** https://entscheidsuche.ch/docs/GE_Gerichte/GE_CJ_014_A-1984-2006_2007-05-22.pdf

## Synthèse Legislator

The petitioner sought to challenge a decision that found a document invalid due to procedural defects in its execution, specifically alleging non-compliance with witnessing and attestation requirements under a relevant statute. The court reasoned that the statutory language regarding execution formalities was mandatory, not directory, and that the purpose of these formalities—ensuring the document's authenticity and preventing fraud—was undermined by the acknowledged defects. Consequently, the court affirmed the lower court's finding that the document was invalid because the strict compliance required by the statute was absent.

## Regeste Legislator

Art. 66 al. 1 LTF; Statutory Formalities and Document Validity: The court reasoned that the statutory language regarding execution formalities was mandatory, not directory, and that the purpose of these formalities—ensuring the document's authenticity and preventing fraud—was undermined by the acknowledged defects. Consequently, the court affirmed the lower court's finding that the document was invalid because the strict compliance required by the statute was absent.

## Mots-clés

vices de procédure · principe de rigueur documentaire · condition de validité · violation des formes substantielles · réalisation des conditions matérielles · escroquerie

## Dispositions légales citées

[Art. 66 al. 1 LTF](https://legislator.ch/fr/sources/law/ch/federal/173.110/66)

## Questions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator

### 1. Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

Cited in the final orders regarding the allocation of court costs.

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