Federal Act
on the Promotion of Sport and Exercise
(Sport Promotion Act, SpoPA)

¹ Any per­son who man­u­fac­tures, ac­quires, im­ports, ex­ports, con­veys, dis­trib­utes, sells, pre­scribes, mar­kets, ad­min­is­ters or pos­sesses dop­ing sub­stances un­der Art­icle 19 para­graph 3 or ap­plies meth­ods un­der Art­icle 19 para­graph 3 to third parties is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² In ser­i­ous cases, a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty may be im­posed.⁹

³ A case is con­sidered ser­i­ous in par­tic­u­lar if the of­fend­er:

a.

acts as a mem­ber of a group formed to pur­sue the activ­it­ies set out in para­graph 1;

b.

ser­i­ously en­dangers the health or the life of ath­letes in an ac­tion lis­ted in para­graph 1;

c.

dis­trib­utes, sells, pre­scribes or ad­min­is­ters sub­stances un­der Art­icle 19 para­graph 3 to chil­dren and young people un­der 18 years old or uses meth­ods un­der Art­icle 19 para­graph 3 on these per­sons;

d.

makes a large turnover or a con­sid­er­able profit from com­mer­cial trade.

⁴ If the man­u­fac­ture, ac­quis­i­tion, im­port, ex­port, con­vey­ance or pos­ses­sion of dop­ing sub­stances are ex­clus­ively for per­son­al con­sump­tion, the per­son is not li­able to a pen­alty.