Federal Act
on War Materiel
(War Mat Act, WMA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully com­mits any of the fol­low­ing acts without be­ing able to claim an ex­emp­tion un­der Art­icle 8 para­graph 2 is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing ten years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty:⁴⁵

a.

the de­vel­op­ment, man­u­fac­ture, broker­age, ac­quis­i­tion, sur­render to an­oth­er, im­port, ex­port, trans­it, stock­pil­ing, or any oth­er form of pos­ses­sion of anti-per­son­nel mines;

b.

in­cite­ment to com­mit any of the acts lis­ted un­der let­ter a; or

c.

as­sist­ing in the com­mis­sion of an act lis­ted un­der let­ter a.

² …⁴⁶

³ If the act is com­mit­ted through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁴⁷