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

¹ The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall peri­od­ic­ally ad­just the max­im­um and min­im­um amounts in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 20 para­graph 3 in line with in­fla­tion; it may ad­just the max­im­um amounts in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 23 para­graph 2 in line with in­fla­tion.

² It shall is­sue reg­u­la­tions for the cal­cu­la­tion of the can­ton­al lump-sum con­tri­bu­tions in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 18 para­graph 2 and on the stat­ist­ic­al sur­veys re­quired for this pur­pose.

³ It may is­sue reg­u­la­tions on the or­gan­isa­tion of con­tri­bu­tions to the cost of longer-term as­sist­ance from third parties, dam­ages and sat­is­fac­tion and, in par­tic­u­lar, set flat rates or tar­iffs for sat­is­fac­tion. It may de­vi­ate from the rules in the SBA²² in or­der to take ac­count of the par­tic­u­lar cir­cum­stances of vic­tims and their re­l­at­ives.