Swiss Criminal Code

¹Any per­son who in­duces an­oth­er to com­mit or sub­mit to a sexu­al act by ex­ploit­ing a po­s­i­tion of need or a de­pend­ent re­la­tion­ship based on em­ploy­ment or an­oth­er de­pend­ent re­la­tion­ship is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

²If the per­son harmed is the spouse or re­gistered part­ner of the of­fend­er, the re­spons­ible au­thor­ity may dis­pense with pro­sec­u­tion, re­fer­ral to the court or the im­pos­i­tion of a pen­alty.¹