Federal Act
on Support for the Victims of Crime
(Victim Support Act, VSA)

¹ The can­tons shall provide for a simple and rap­id pro­ced­ure. The de­cision on an ap­plic­a­tion for an ad­vance pay­ment of dam­ages shall be based on a sum­mary as­sess­ment of the ap­plic­a­tion.

² The com­pet­ent can­ton­al au­thor­ity shall es­tab­lish the facts of the case ex of­fi­cio.

³ The can­tons shall ap­point a single ap­peals body that is in­de­pend­ent of the ad­min­is­tra­tion; this body shall have full power of re­view.