Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who com­mits theft by us­ing force on an­oth­er, threat­en­ing an­oth­er with im­min­ent danger to life or limb, or mak­ing an­oth­er in­cap­able of res­ist­ance is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of at least six months and no more than ten years.¹

Any per­son who, when caught in the act of com­mit­ting theft, com­mits any of the co­er­cive acts men­tioned in the fore­go­ing para­graph in or­der to re­tain the stolen prop­erty is li­able the same pen­al­ties.

2. The of­fend­er is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year² if he car­ries with him a fire­arm or oth­er dan­ger­ous weapon for the pur­pose of com­mit­ting rob­bery.

3. The of­fend­er is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than two years,

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

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

4. The pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than five years, if the of­fend­er en­dangers the life of the vic­tim, com­mits a ser­i­ous as­sault on the vic­tim or oth­er­wise treats the vic­tim with cruelty.