Federal Act
on the Acquisition of Immovable Property
in Switzerland by Foreign Non-Residents
(ANRA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully ex­ecutes a trans­ac­tion that is null and void due to lack of au­thor­isa­tion or who as an heir re­quir­ing au­thor­isa­tion for an ac­quis­i­tion fails to ap­ply for the same with­in the dead­line is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁵⁰

² If the of­fend­er acts for com­mer­cial gain, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of between six months and three years.⁵¹

³ If the of­fend­er acts through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty is a fine not ex­ceed­ing 50,000 francs.

⁴ If the of­fend­er re­stores the ori­gin­al po­s­i­tion, the court may re­duce the pen­alty.