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

¹ It is pro­hib­ited:

a.

to de­vel­op, pro­duce, broker, ac­quire, trans­fer to any­one, im­port, ex­port, carry in trans­it, or store nuc­le­ar, bio­lo­gic­al or chem­ic­al weapons (NBC weapons) or to pos­sess them in any oth­er way;

b.

to in­cite any­one to carry out an act men­tioned in let­ter a above;

c.

to as­sist any­one to carry out an act men­tioned in let­ter a above.

² The fore­go­ing pro­hib­i­tion does not ap­ply to acts that are in­ten­ded:

a.

to en­able the de­struc­tion of NBC weapons by the agen­cies re­spons­ible there­for; or

b.

to provide pro­tec­tion against the ef­fects of NBC weapons or to com­bat such ef­fects.

³ The pro­hib­i­tion also ap­plies to acts car­ried out abroad, ir­re­spect­ive of the law at the place of com­mis­sion, if:

a.

the acts vi­ol­ate in­ter­na­tion­al law agree­ments to which Switzer­land is a party; and

b.

the per­pet­rat­or is Swiss or is dom­i­ciled in Switzer­land.