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 7 Para­graph 2 is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing ten years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty:⁴¹

a.

the de­vel­op­ment, man­u­fac­ture, broker­age, ac­quis­i­tion, sur­render to an­oth­er, im­ports, ex­port, trans­it, stock­pil­ing, or any oth­er form of pos­ses­sion of nuc­le­ar, bio­lo­gic­al or chem­ic­al weapons (NBC weapons);

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 …⁴²

³ If the act is com­mit­ted through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.⁴³

⁴ An act com­mit­ted abroad is an of­fence in terms of these pro­vi­sions ir­re­spect­ive of the law of the place of com­mis­sion if:

a.

it vi­ol­ates in­ter­na­tion­al law agree­ments to which Switzer­land is a con­tract­ing party; and

b.

the of­fend­er is Swiss or is dom­i­ciled in Switzer­land.

⁵ Art­icle 7 para­graphs 4 and 5 of the Crim­in­al Code⁴⁴ ap­ply.⁴⁵