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

¹ Any per­son who, for his own be­ne­fit or for the be­ne­fit of a third party, of­fers, prom­ises or grants an un­due ad­vant­age to a per­son who ex­er­cises a func­tion at a sports com­pet­i­tion at which sports bet­ting is offered in or­der to falsi­fy the out­come of that sports com­pet­i­tion (in­dir­ect com­pet­i­tion rig­ging) shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² Any per­son who ex­er­cises a func­tion at a sports com­pet­i­tion at which sports bet­ting is offered and who re­quests, se­cures the prom­ise of or ac­cepts, for his own be­ne­fit or for the be­ne­fit of a third party, an un­due ad­vant­age in or­der to falsi­fy the out­come of that sports com­pet­i­tion (dir­ect com­pet­i­tion rig­ging) shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

³ In ser­i­ous cases, the pen­alty shall be a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty. A ser­i­ous case arises in par­tic­u­lar where the of­fend­er:¹⁶

a.

acts as a mem­ber of a group that has been formed for the pur­pose of the con­tin­ued con­duct of in­dir­ect or dir­ect com­pet­i­tion rig­ging;

b.

achieves a large turnover or sub­stan­tial profit by act­ing com­mer­cially.