The Fed­er­al Coun­cil and, in­so­far as they are re­spons­ible, the can­tons shall is­sue the pro­vi­sions re­quired to im­ple­ment this Code.

¹ The re­peal and the amend­ment of cur­rent le­gis­la­tion are reg­u­lated in An­nex 1.

² The Fed­er­al As­sembly may amend by or­din­ance pro­vi­sions of fed­er­al acts that are con­tra­dict­ory to this Code but which have not been form­ally amended herein.

The co­ordin­a­tion of pro­vi­sions of oth­er en­act­ments with this Code is reg­u­lated in An­nex 2.

¹ Pro­ceed­ings that are pending when this Code comes in­to force shall be con­tin­ued in ac­cord­ance with the new law un­less the fol­low­ing pro­vi­sions provide oth­er­wise.

² Pro­ced­ur­al acts that were ordered or car­ried out be­fore this Code came in­to force shall re­main val­id.

¹ Pro­ceed­ings that are pending when this Code comes in­to force shall be con­tin­ued by the com­pet­ent au­thor­it­ies un­der the new law un­less the fol­low­ing pro­vi­sions provide oth­er­wise.

² Con­flicts on jur­is­dic­tion between au­thor­it­ies of the same can­ton shall be de­cided by the ob­jec­tions court of the can­ton con­cerned and con­flicts between the au­thor­it­ies of dif­fer­ent can­tons or between can­ton­al and fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies shall be de­cided by the Fed­er­al Crim­in­al Court.

If the tri­al has already be­gun when this Code comes in­to force, it shall be con­tin­ued in ac­cord­ance with the pre­vi­ous law in the pre­vi­ously com­pet­ent court of first in­stance.

After this Code comes in­to force, sep­ar­ate sub­sequent court de­cisions shall be made by the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity that would have been re­spons­ible for the first in­stance judg­ment un­der this Code.

¹ Ap­plic­a­tions for re-as­sess­ment fol­low­ing a judg­ment in ab­sen­tia that are pending when this Code comes in­to force shall be con­sidered in ac­cord­ance with the pre­vi­ous law.

² Ap­plic­a­tions for re-as­sess­ment fol­low­ing a judg­ment in ab­sen­tia un­der the pre­vi­ous law that are made after this Code comes in­to force shall be con­sidered in ac­cord­ance with the law that is more fa­vour­able to the ap­plic­ant.

³ The new law ap­plies to the re-as­sess­ment. The court that would have been re­spons­ible for the judg­ment in ab­sen­tia in ac­cord­ance with this Code has jur­is­dic­tion.

¹ If a de­cision was made be­fore this Code comes in­to force, an ap­pel­late rem­edy against it shall be judged in ac­cord­ance with the pre­vi­ous law by the au­thor­it­ies com­pet­ent un­der the pre­vi­ous law.

² If pro­ceed­ings are re­mit­ted by the ap­pel­late au­thor­ity or the Fed­er­al Su­preme Court for re-as­sess­ment, the new law ap­plies. The re-as­sess­ment shall be car­ried out by the au­thor­ity that would have been re­spons­ible for the quashed de­cision in ac­cord­ance with this Code.

¹ Ap­pel­late rem­ed­ies against first in­stance de­cisions that are made after this Code comes in­to force are gov­erned by the new law.

² Ap­pel­late rem­ed­ies against first in­stance de­cisions of high­er courts that are made in ac­cord­ance with the pre­vi­ous law after this Code comes in­to force are gov­erned by the pre­vi­ous law.

Re­jec­tions of sum­mary pen­alty or­ders are gov­erned by Art­icle 453 mu­tatis mutandis.

Private pro­sec­u­tions un­der the pre­vi­ous can­ton­al law that are pending be­fore a court of first in­stance when this Code comes in­to force shall be con­tin­ued to the con­clu­sion of first in­stance pro­ceed­ings in ac­cord­ance with the pre­vi­ous law by the court that was com­pet­ent un­der the pre­vi­ous law.

In pro­ceed­ings that are pending when the Amend­ment of 28 Septem­ber 2012 to this Code comes in­to force, the new law ap­plies to ex­am­in­a­tion hear­ings from the date on which the Amend­ment comes in­to force.

¹ This Code is sub­ject to an op­tion­al ref­er­en­dum.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the com­mence­ment date.

Com­mence­ment date: 1 Janu­ary 2011²⁸⁴