Swiss Criminal Code

¹Any per­son who ap­pears in ju­di­cial pro­ceed­ings as a wit­ness, ex­pert wit­ness, trans­lat­or or in­ter­pret­er and gives false evid­ence or provides a false re­port, a false ex­pert opin­ion or a false trans­la­tion in re­la­tion to the case is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

²If the state­ment, re­port, ex­pert opin­ion or trans­la­tion is made on oath or af­firm­a­tion, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of at least six months and no more than five years.¹

³If the false state­ment relates to mat­ters that are ir­rel­ev­ant to the ju­di­cial de­cision, the pen­alty is a mon­et­ary pen­alty.²