Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 259

Pub­lic in­cite­ment to com­mit a felony or act of vi­ol­ence

 

1Any per­son who pub­licly in­cites oth­ers to com­mit a felony is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

1bisPub­lic in­cite­ment to com­mit gen­o­cide (Art. 264), where the in­ten­tion is for the act to be car­ried out ex­clus­ively or partly in Switzer­land, is also an of­fence if the in­cite­ment oc­curs out­side Switzer­land.2

2Any per­son who pub­licly in­cites oth­ers to com­mit a mis­de­mean­our that in­volves vi­ol­ence against oth­er per­sons or prop­erty is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

1 Amended by No I of the FA of 9 Oct. 1981, in force since 1 Oct. 1982 (AS 1982 1530 1534; BBl 1980 I 1241).
2 In­ser­ted by No I 1 of the FA of 18 June 2010 on the Amend­ment of Fed­er­al Le­gis­la­tion in Im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Rome Statue of the In­ter­na­tion­al Crim­in­al Court, in force since 1 Jan. 2011 (AS 2010 4963; BBl 2008 3863).

 
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