Federal Act
on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
(Therapeutic Products Act, TPA)

¹ If a fine not ex­ceed­ing 20,000 Swiss francs may be im­posed and if the in­vest­ig­a­tion of per­sons sus­pec­ted of an of­fence un­der Art­icle 6 of the Fed­er­al Act of 22 March 1974²⁵⁸ on Ad­min­is­trat­ive Crim­in­al Law (ACLA) would res­ult in in­vest­ig­at­ive meas­ures which would be dis­pro­por­tion­ate to the pen­alty im­posed, the com­pany (Art. 7 ACLA) may be ordered to pay the fine in­stead of pro­sec­ut­ing such per­sons.

² Art­icles 6 and 7 of the ACLA ap­ply to crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings car­ried out by can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies.