Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who makes an ac­cus­a­tion to the au­thor­it­ies that a per­son whom he knows to be in­no­cent has com­mit­ted a felony or a mis­de­mean­our, with the in­ten­tion of caus­ing a crim­in­al pro­sec­u­tion to be brought against that per­son,

any per­son who oth­er­wise car­ries out ma­li­cious acts with the in­ten­tion of caus­ing a crim­in­al pro­sec­u­tion to be brought against a per­son whom he knows to be in­no­cent,

is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. If the false ac­cus­a­tion relates to a con­tra­ven­tion, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.