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Criminal Procedure Code (CrimPC) in english
Criminal Procedure Code - 2022
Art. 1
- Scope of application
Art. 2
- Administration of criminal justice
Art. 3
- Respect for human dignity and requirement of fairness
Art. 4
- Independence
Art. 5
- Principle of expeditiousness
Art. 6
- Principle of substantive truth
Art. 7
- Obligation to prosecute
Art. 8
- Waiving prosecution
Art. 9
- Principle of no judgment without a charge
Art. 10
- Presumption of innocence and assessment of evidence
Art. 11
- Prohibition of double jeopardy
Art. 12
- Prosecution authorities
Art. 13
- Courts
Art. 14
- Titles and organisation of the criminal justice authorities
Art. 15
- Police
Art. 16
- Public prosecutor
Art. 17
- Authorities responsible for prosecuting contraventions
Art. 18
- Compulsory measures court
Art. 19
- Court of first instance
Art. 20
- Objections authority
Art. 21
- Court of appeal
Art. 22
- Cantonal jurisdiction
Art. 23
- Federal jurisdiction in general
Art. 24
- Federal jurisdiction in the case of organised crime, terrorist financing and white-collar [...]
Art. 25
- Delegation to the cantons
Art. 26
- Multiple jurisdiction
Art. 27
- Jurisdiction over the initial enquiries
Art. 28
- Conflicts
Art. 29
- Principle of unity of proceedings
Art. 30
- Exceptions
Art. 31
- Place of jurisdiction of the place of commission
Art. 32
- Place of jurisdiction for offences committed abroad or at an unknown location
Art. 33
- Place of jurisdiction in the case of two or more participants
Art. 34
- Place of jurisdiction where two or more offences are committed at different [...]
Art. 35
- Place of jurisdiction for offences via the media
Art. 36
- Place of jurisdiction in the case of Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy offences and criminal [...]
Art. 37
- Place of jurisdiction for separate forfeiture proceedings
Art. 38
- Establishing an alternative place of jurisdiction
Art. 39
- Verification of and agreement on jurisdiction
Art. 40
- Conflicts of jurisdiction
Art. 41
- Contesting the place of jurisdiction
Art. 42
- Common provisions
Art. 43
- Scope of application and definition
Art. 44
- 1Obligation to provide mutual assistance
Art. 45
- Support
Art. 46
- Direct communication
Art. 47
- Costs
Art. 48
- Disputes
Art. 49
- Principles
Art. 50
- Request for compulsory measures
Art. 51
- Right to participate
Art. 52
- Principles
Art. 53
- Using the services of the police
Art. 54
- Scope of Application of this Code
Art. 55
- Jurisdiction
Art. 56
- Grounds for recusal
Art. 57
- Duty to notify
Art. 58
- Recusal request by a party
Art. 59
- Decision
Art. 60
- Consequences of violating the recusal regulations
Art. 61
- Jurisdiction
Art. 62
- General duties
Art. 63
- Measures to ensure order in court
Art. 64
- Disciplinary measures
Art. 65
- Right of appeal against procedural orders issued by the court
Art. 66
- Requirement of oral proceedings
Art. 67
- Language of the proceedings
Art. 68
- Translation and interpretation
Art. 69
- Principles
Art. 70
- Restrictions on and exclusion of public access
Art. 71
- Video and audio recordings
Art. 72
- Court reporting
Art. 73
- Duty of confidentiality
Art. 74
- Information to the public
Art. 75
- Communications with other authorities
Art. 76
- General Provisions
Art. 77
- Records of proceedings
Art. 78
- Records of hearings
Art. 79
- Corrections
Art. 80
- Form
Art. 81
- Content of final judgments
Art. 82
- Limitations to the duty to state grounds
Art. 83
- Explanation and correction of decisions
Art. 84
- Notice of decisions
Art. 85
- Form and service of communications
Art. 86
- 1Electronic service
Art. 87
- Address for service
Art. 88
- Public notice
Art. 89
- General Provisions
Art. 90
- Commencement and calculation of time limits
Art. 91
- Compliance with time limits
Art. 92
- Extension of time limits and postponement of hearings
Art. 93
- Default
Art. 94
- New time limit
Art. 95
- Obtaining personal data
Art. 95
- a1Processing of personal data
Art. 96
- Disclosure and use in pending criminal proceedings
Art. 97
- Rights to information in the case of pending proceedings
Art. 98
- Correction of data
Art. 99
- Processing and retention of personal data after conclusion of the proceedings
Art. 100
- File management
Art. 101
- Inspection of case documents in pending proceedings
Art. 102
- Procedure relating to applications to inspect case documents
Art. 103
- Retention of case documents
Art. 104
- Parties
Art. 105
- Other persons involved in the proceedings
Art. 106
- Capacity to act
Art. 107
- Right to be heard
Art. 108
- Restriction of the right to be heard
Art. 109
- Submissions
Art. 110
- Form
Art. 111
- Definition
Art. 112
- Criminal proceedings against corporate undertakings
Art. 113
- Status
Art. 114
- Fitness to plead
Art. 115
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A person suffering harm is a person whose rights have been directly violated by [...]
Art. 116
- Definitions
Art. 117
- Status
Art. 118
- Definition and requirements
Art. 119
- Form and content of the declaration
Art. 120
- Waiver and withdrawal
Art. 121
- Legal successors
Art. 122
- General Provisions
Art. 123
- Quantification and statement of the grounds
Art. 124
- Jurisdiction and procedure
Art. 125
- Security for the claims against the private claimant
Art. 126
- Decision
Art. 127
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The accused, the private claimant and the other persons involved in the [...]
Art. 128
- Status
Art. 129
- Right to choose a defence lawyer
Art. 130
- Mandatory appointment of a defence lawyer
Art. 131
- Appointment of the mandatory defence lawyer
Art. 132
- Duty defence lawyer
Art. 133
- Appointment of the duty defence lawyer
Art. 134
- Dismissal and change of duty defence lawyer
Art. 135
- Duty defence lawyer's fees
Art. 136
- Requirements
Art. 137
- Appointment, dismissal and change
Art. 138
- Fees and allocation of costs
Art. 139
- Principles
Art. 140
- Prohibited methods of taking evidence
Art. 141
- Admissibility of unlawfully obtained evidence
Art. 142
- Criminal justice authority conducting the examination hearing
Art. 143
- Conduct of the examination hearing
Art. 144
- Examination hearing by video conference
Art. 145
- Written reports
Art. 146
- Examination of two or more persons and confrontation hearings
Art. 147
- General provisions
Art. 148
- In mutual assistance proceedings
Art. 149
- General provisions
Art. 150
- Assurance of anonymity
Art. 151
- Measures to protect undercover investigators
Art. 152
- General measures to protect victims
Art. 153
- Special measures to protect of victims sexual offences
Art. 154
- Special measures to protect child victims
Art. 155
- Measures to protect persons with mental disorders
Art. 156
- Measures to protect persons outside the proceedings
Art. 157
- Principle
Art. 158
- Caution administered at the first interview
Art. 159
- Police examination hearings during enquiries
Art. 160
- Examination hearing with an accused who has admitted the offence
Art. 161
- Investigation of personal circumstances at the preliminary proceedings stage
Art. 162
- Definition
Art. 163
- Capacity and duty to testify
Art. 164
- Enquiries relating to witnesses
Art. 165
- Witness's duty of confidentiality
Art. 166
- Interview with the person suffering harm
Art. 167
- Compensation
Art. 168
- Right to refuse to testify due to a personal relationship
Art. 169
- Right to refuse to testify for personal protection or to protect closely related [...]
Art. 170
- Right to refuse to testify due to official secrecy
Art. 171
- Right to refuse to testify due to professional confidentiality
Art. 172
- Protection of journalists' sources
Art. 173
- Right to refuse to testify due to other duties of confidentiality
Art. 174
- Decision on permitting a person to refuse to testify
Art. 175
- Exercise of the right to refuse to testify
Art. 176
- Unlawful refusal to testify
Art. 177
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The authority conducting the examination hearing shall caution the witness at the [...]
Art. 178
- Definition
Art. 179
- Persons providing information at police examination hearings
Art. 180
- Status
Art. 181
- Examination hearing
Art. 182
- Requirements for requesting the services of an expert witness
Art. 183
- Requirements for the expert witness
Art. 184
- Appointment and instructions
Art. 185
- Preparation of the report
Art. 186
- In-patient assessment
Art. 187
- Form of the expert report
Art. 188
- Right of the parties to comment
Art. 189
- Additions and improvements to the report
Art. 190
- Fees
Art. 191
- Neglect of duty
Art. 192
- Items of evidence
Art. 193
- Inspection
Art. 194
- Consultation of case files
Art. 195
- Obtaining reports and information
Art. 196
- Definition
Art. 197
- Principles
Art. 198
- Competence
Art. 199
- Notice of the order
Art. 200
- Use of force
Art. 201
- Form and content
Art. 202
- Time limit
Art. 203
- Exceptions
Art. 204
- Safe conduct
Art. 205
- Duty to appear, circumstances preventing appearance and failure to appear
Art. 206
- Police summonses
Art. 207
- Requirements and competence
Art. 208
- Form of the order
Art. 209
- Procedure
Art. 210
- Principles
Art. 211
- Assistance from the public
Art. 212
- Principles
Art. 213
- Access to premises
Art. 214
- Notification
Art. 215
- Police power to stop
Art. 216
- Pursuit
Art. 217
- By the police
Art. 218
- By private individuals
Art. 219
- Police procedure
Art. 220
- Definitions
Art. 221
- Requirements
Art. 222
- 1Appellate remedies
Art. 223
- Communications with the defence in detention proceedings
Art. 224
- Remand proceedings before the public prosecutor
Art. 225
- Detention proceedings before the compulsory measures court
Art. 226
- Decision of the compulsory measures court
Art. 227
- Application to extend the period of remand
Art. 228
- Application for release from remand
Art. 229
- Decision to order preventive detention
Art. 230
- Release from preventive detention during the proceedings before the court of first [...]
Art. 231
- Preventive detention following the judgment of the court of first instance
Art. 232
- Preventive detention during proceedings before the court of appeal
Art. 233
- Application for release from detention during proceedings before the court of [...]
Art. 234
- Detention centre
Art. 235
- Conditions of detention
Art. 236
- Accelerated execution of sentences and measures
Art. 237
- General Provisions
Art. 238
- Payment of money bail
Art. 239
- Return of the bail payment
Art. 240
- Forfeiture of the bail payment
Art. 241
- Authorisation
Art. 242
- Conduct of searches
Art. 243
- Accidental finds
Art. 244
- Principle
Art. 245
- Conduct of searches
Art. 246
- Principle
Art. 247
- Conduct
Art. 248
- Sealing of evidence
Art. 249
- Principle
Art. 250
- Conduct
Art. 251
- Principle
Art. 252
- Conduct of physical examinations
Art. 253
- Unnatural deaths
Art. 254
- Exhumation
Art. 255
- General requirements
Art. 256
- Mass testing
Art. 257
- Convicted persons
Art. 258
- Taking samples
Art. 259
- Application of the DNA Profiling Act
Art. 260
- Recording identification data
Art. 261
- Retention and use of identifying documents
Art. 262
- Handwriting and voice samples
Art. 263
- Principle
Art. 264
- Restrictions
Art. 265
- Duty to hand over items or assets
Art. 266
- Procedure
Art. 267
- Decision on seized property and assets
Art. 268
- Seizure to cover costs
Art. 269
- Requirements
Art. 269
- bis1Use of special technical devices for the surveillance of telecommunications
Art. 269
- ter1Use of special software for the surveillance of telecommunications
Art. 269
- quater1Requirements applicable to special software for the surveillance of [...]
Art. 270
- Subject matter of surveillance
Art. 271
- 1Preservation of professional confidentiality
Art. 272
- Duty to obtain authorisation and general authorisation
Art. 273
- 1Subscriber information, location identification and technical transmission [...]
Art. 274
- Authorisation procedure
Art. 275
- Conclusion of surveillance
Art. 276
- Results not required
Art. 277
- Use of the results of unauthorised surveillance operations
Art. 278
- Accidental finds
Art. 279
- Notice
Art. 280
- Permitted use
Art. 281
- Requirements and conduct
Art. 282
- Requirements
Art. 283
- Notice
Art. 284
- Principle
Art. 285
- Conduct
Art. 285
- a1Definition
Art. 286
- Requirements
Art. 287
- Requirements for the persons deployed
Art. 288
- Cover and guarantee of anonymity
Art. 289
- Authorisation procedure
Art. 290
- Briefing before deployment
Art. 291
- Commanding officer
Art. 292
- Duties of undercover investigators
Art. 293
- Scope of influence permitted
Art. 294
- Deployment in investigations under the Narcotics Act
Art. 295
- Money for simulated transactions
Art. 296
- Accidental finds
Art. 297
- Conclusion of the operation
Art. 298
- Notice
Art. 298
- a Definition
Art. 298
- b Requirements
Art. 298
- c Requirements for the persons deployed and conduct
Art. 298
- d Termination and notification
Art. 299
- Definition and purpose
Art. 300
- Commencement
Art. 301
- Right to report an offence
Art. 302
- Duty to report
Art. 303
- Offences prosecuted on complaint or with official authorisation
Art. 304
- Form of the criminal complaint
Art. 305
- 1Information and referral for the victim2
Art. 306
- Duties of the police
Art. 307
- Cooperation with the public prosecutor
Art. 308
- Definition and purpose of the investigation
Art. 309
- Opening the investigation
Art. 310
- No-proceedings order
Art. 311
- Gathering of evidence and extending the investigation
Art. 312
- Assignments given by the public prosecutor to the police
Art. 313
- Taking evidence for civil claims
Art. 314
- Suspension
Art. 315
- Resumption of proceedings
Art. 316
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Where the proceedings relate to an offence that is prosecuted only on complaint, [...]
Art. 317
- Final examination hearing
Art. 318
- Conclusion
Art. 319
- Grounds
Art. 320
- Ruling abandoning proceedings
Art. 321
- Notice
Art. 322
- Approval and rights of appeal
Art. 323
- Reopening of proceedings
Art. 324
- Principles
Art. 325
- Content of the indictment
Art. 326
- Further information and applications
Art. 327
- Service of the indictment
Art. 328
- Pending status
Art. 329
- Examination of the indictment; suspension and abandonment of the proceedings
Art. 330
- Preparation for the main hearing
Art. 331
- Scheduling the main hearing
Art. 332
- Preliminary hearings
Art. 333
- Amending and adding charges
Art. 334
- Transfer
Art. 335
- Composition of the court
Art. 336
- Accused, duty defence lawyer and mandatory defence lawyer
Art. 337
- Public prosecutor
Art. 338
- Private claimant and third parties
Art. 339
- Opening; Preliminary and supplementary issues
Art. 340
- Continuation of the hearing
Art. 341
- Examination hearings
Art. 342
- Division of the main hearing
Art. 343
- Taking of evidence
Art. 344
- Differences in legal assessment
Art. 345
- Conclusion of the procedure for taking evidence
Art. 346
- Party submissions
Art. 347
- Conclusion of the party hearing
Art. 348
- Deliberations on the judgment
Art. 349
- Additional evidence
Art. 350
- Latitude in assessing the charge; Basis for the judgment
Art. 351
- Decision on and notice of the judgment
Art. 352
- Requirements
Art. 353
- Content and notice of the summary penalty order
Art. 354
- Rejection
Art. 355
- Procedure for rejection
Art. 356
- Procedure before the court of first instance
Art. 357
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The administrative authorities appointed to prosecute and adjudicate [...]
Art. 358
- Principles
Art. 359
- Opening proceedings
Art. 360
- Indictment
Art. 361
- Main hearing
Art. 362
- Judgment or rejection of application
Art. 363
- Jurisdiction
Art. 364
- Procedure
Art. 365
- Decision
Art. 366
- Requirements
Art. 367
- Conduct and decision
Art. 368
- Application for a re-assessment
Art. 369
- Procedure
Art. 370
- New judgment
Art. 371
- Relationship to an appeal
Art. 372
- Requirements and jurisdiction
Art. 373
- Procedure
Art. 374
- Requirements and procedure
Art. 375
- Decision
Art. 376
- Requirements
Art. 377
- Procedure
Art. 378
- Use for the benefit of the person suffering harm
Art. 379
- Applicable regulations
Art. 380
- Final or non-contestable decisions
Art. 381
- Rights of the public prosecutor
Art. 382
- Rights of other parties
Art. 383
- Payment of security
Art. 384
- Commencement of the period for requesting the appellate remedy
Art. 385
- Statement of the grounds and form
Art. 386
- Waiver and withdrawal
Art. 387
- Suspensive effect
Art. 388
- Procedural and preliminary measures
Art. 389
- Additional evidence
Art. 390
- Written procedure
Art. 391
- Decision
Art. 392
- Extending the application of successful appellate remedies
Art. 393
- Admissibility and grounds
Art. 394
- Inadmissibility of the objection
Art. 395
- Collegial court as objections authority
Art. 396
- Form and time limit
Art. 397
- Procedure and decision
Art. 398
- Admissibility and grounds
Art. 399
- Notice of intention to appeal and appeal petition
Art. 400
- Preliminary examination
Art. 401
- Cross-appeal
Art. 402
- Effect of the appeal
Art. 403
- Decision to consider the substance of the appeal
Art. 404
- Extent of consideration
Art. 405
- Oral procedure
Art. 406
- Written procedure
Art. 407
- Default by the parties
Art. 408
- New judgment
Art. 409
- Quashing the judgment and remitting the case
Art. 410
- Admissibility of and grounds for a review
Art. 411
- Form and time limit
Art. 412
- Preliminary examination and decision to consider the substance of the case
Art. 413
- Decision
Art. 414
- New proceedings
Art. 415
- Consequences of the new decision
Art. 416
- Scope of application
Art. 417
- Liability to pay costs for procedural default
Art. 418
- Participation of more than one person and liability of third parties
Art. 419
- Liability to pay costs of persons not legally responsible due to a mental [...]
Art. 420
- Legal action
Art. 421
- Decision on costs
Art. 422
- Definition
Art. 423
- Principles
Art. 424
- Calculation and fees
Art. 425
- Deferment and remission
Art. 426
- Liability to pay costs of the accused and parties to separate measures [...]
Art. 427
- Liability to pay costs of the private claimant and the complainant
Art. 428
- Allocation of costs in appellate proceedings
Art. 429
- Claims
Art. 430
- Reduction or refusal of damages or satisfaction
Art. 431
- Unlawfully applied compulsory measures
Art. 432
- Rights in relation to the private claimant and the complainant
Art. 433
- Private claimant
Art. 434
- Third parties
Art. 435
- Time limits
Art. 436
- Damages and satisfaction in appellate proceedings
Art. 437
- Entry into force
Art. 438
- Notification of legal effect
Art. 439
- Execution of sentences and measures
Art. 440
- Preventive detention
Art. 441
- Time limit for enforcement
Art. 442
- Enforcement of decisions on procedural costs and other financial payments
Art. 443
- Enforcement of criminal judgments on civil matters
Art. 444
- Official notices
Art. 445
- The Federal Council and, insofar as they are responsible, the cantons shall issue the provisions [...]
Art. 446
- Repeal and amendment of current legislation
Art. 447
- Coordination provisions
Art. 448
- Applicable law
Art. 449
- Jurisdiction
Art. 450
- Main proceedings of first instance
Art. 451
- Separate subsequent court decisions
Art. 452
- Proceedings in absentia
Art. 453
- Decisions made before this Code comes into force
Art. 454
- Decision made after this Code comes into force
Art. 455
- Rejections of summary penalty orders
Art. 456
- Private prosecutions
Art. 456
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Art. 457
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