Criminal Procedure Code (CrimPC)

Art. 84CrimPC from 2023

Art. 84 Notice and Service of Decisions Notice of decisions

¹ If the proceedings are public, the court shall give notice of the judgment orally on conclusion of its deliberations and state the grounds in brief.

² The court shall provide the parties with a written copy of the conclusions at the end of the main hearing or serve it on the parties within 5 days.

³ If the court is unable to issue the judgment immediately, it shall do so as soon as possible and give notice of the judgment in rearranged main hearing. If in such an event the parties waive their right to have the judgment issued publicly, the court shall serve the conclusions of the judgment on them immediately after it has been reached.

⁴ If the court has to state grounds for the judgment, it shall serve the judgment with a full statement of grounds on the accused and the public prosecutor within 60 days, or by way of exception 90 days. The other parties shall be served only with those parts of the judgment in which their applications are mentioned.

⁵ The criminal justice authority shall give notice of simple procedural decrees or rulings to the parties in writing or orally.

⁶ Notice of decisions shall be given to other authorities in accordance with federal and cantonal law, notice of appeal decisions shall also be given to the lower court, and notice of legally binding decisions shall if necessary be given to the authorities responsible for the execution of sentences and measures and to the authorities responsible for the register of convictions.