Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who for his own or for an­oth­er's un­law­ful gain, ap­pro­pri­ates move­able prop­erty be­long­ing to an­oth­er per­son with the ob­ject of per­man­ently de­priving the own­er of it is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. The of­fend­er is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing ten years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty of not less than 90 daily pen­alty units¹ if he com­mits theft on a reg­u­lar basis for fin­an­cial gain.

3. The of­fend­er is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of at least six months and no more than ten years,²

if he com­mits theft as a mem­ber of a group that has been formed for the pur­pose of car­ry­ing out re­peated acts of rob­bery or theft,

if he car­ries with him a fire­arm or oth­er dan­ger­ous weapon for the pur­pose of com­mit­ting theft

or if he rep­res­ents a par­tic­u­lar danger in any oth­er way due to the man­ner in which he com­mits theft.

4. Theft to the det­ri­ment of a re­l­at­ive or fam­ily mem­ber is pro­sec­uted only on com­plaint.