Swiss Criminal Code

¹ In a case of com­mon as­sault (Art. 123 no 2 para. 3-5), re­peated acts of ag­gres­sion (Art. 126 para. 2 let. b, b^bis and c), threat­en­ing be­ha­viour (Art. 180 para. 2) and co­er­cion (Art. 181), the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or the court may sus­pend the pro­ceed­ings if:³

a.⁴

the vic­tim:

1.

is the spouse of the of­fend­er and the of­fence was com­mit­ted dur­ing the mar­riage or with­in a year of di­vorce, or

2.

is the re­gistered part­ner of the of­fend­er and the of­fence was com­mit­ted dur­ing the re­gistered part­ner­ship or with­in a year of its dis­sol­u­tion, or

3.

is the hetero- or ho­mo­sexu­al part­ner of the of­fend­er or the ex-part­ner of the of­fend­er if they have been sep­ar­ated for less than a year; and

b.

the vic­tim or, if he or she lacks leg­al ca­pa­city, his or her leg­al rep­res­ent­at­ive so re­quests or if the vic­tim or his or her leg­al rep­res­ent­at­ive con­sents to a cor­res­pond­ing ap­plic­a­tion from the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity.

²The pro­ceed­ings are re­sumed if the vic­tim or, if he or she lacks leg­al ca­pa­city, his or her leg­al rep­res­ent­at­ive re­vokes con­sent in writ­ing or verbally with­in six months of the sus­pen­sion of the pro­ceed­ings.⁵

³If con­sent is not re­voked, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or the court shall or­der the aban­don­ment of the pro­ceed­ings.⁶

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