Swiss Criminal Code

¹If a per­son has com­mit­ted a felony or mis­de­mean­our while car­ry­ing on a pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity or an or­gan­ised non-pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity, and has as a res­ult re­ceived a cus­todi­al sen­tence in ex­cess of six months, and if there is a risk that he will ab­use his activ­ity in or­der to com­mit a fur­ther felony or mis­de­mean­our, the court may pro­hib­it him totally or par­tially from car­ry­ing on this activ­ity or com­par­able activ­it­ies for a peri­od of six months to five years.²

²If a per­son has com­mit­ted a felony or mis­de­mean­our against a minor or an­oth­er es­pe­cially vul­ner­able per­son and if there is a risk that in car­ry­ing on a pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity or an or­gan­ised non-pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity that in­volves reg­u­lar con­tact with any minors or with oth­er es­pe­cially vul­ner­able per­sons he will com­mit fur­ther of­fences of this nature, the court may pro­hib­it him from car­ry­ing on the activ­ity con­cerned for one to ten years.

^2bisThe court may im­pose a lifelong pro­hib­i­tion or­der un­der para­graph 2 if is an­ti­cip­ated that the of­fend­er will still rep­res­ent a danger after the peri­od of ten years. At the re­quest of the ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity, it may ex­tend a pro­hib­i­tion or­der that is lim­ited in time in terms of para­graph 2 by a max­im­um of five years on any one oc­ca­sion if this is deemed ne­ces­sary to pre­vent the of­fend­er from com­mit­ting fur­ther felon­ies and mis­de­mean­ours of the type that led to the pro­hib­i­tion or­der.³

³If a per­son re­ceives a sen­tence or is made sub­ject to a meas­ure un­der Art­icles 59-61, 63 or 64 for any of the fol­low­ing of­fences, the court shall pro­hib­it him for the rest of his life from car­ry­ing on any pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity or or­gan­ised non-pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity that in­volves reg­u­lar con­tact with any minors:

a.

traf­fick­ing in hu­man be­ings (Art. 182) where the of­fence was com­mit­ted for the pur­pose of the sexu­al ex­ploit­a­tion of a minor;

b.

sexu­al acts with chil­dren (Art. 187), sexu­al acts with de­pend­ent per­sons (Art. 188) or sexu­al acts with minors against pay­ment (Art. 196);

c.

in­de­cent as­sault (Art. 189), rape (Art. 190), sexu­al acts with per­sons in­cap­able of judge­ment or res­ist­ance (Art. 191), sexu­al acts with per­sons in in­sti­tu­tion­al care, pris­on­ers and per­sons on re­mand (Art. 192), ex­ploit­a­tion of a per­son in a po­s­i­tion of need or de­pend­ency (Art. 193), in­de­cent con­duct (Art. 194), en­cour­aging pros­ti­tu­tion (Art. 195) or sexu­al har­ass­ment (Art. 198), where the of­fence is com­mit­ted against or in front of a minor;

d.

por­no­graphy (Art. 197):

1.

un­der Art­icle 197 para­graph 1 or 3,

2.

un­der Art­icle 197 para­graph 4 or 5, where the con­tent of the items or per­form­ances in­volved sexu­al acts with minors.⁴

⁴If a per­son re­ceives a sen­tence or is made sub­ject to a meas­ure un­der Art­icles 59-61, 63 or 64 for any of the fol­low­ing of­fences, the court shall pro­hib­it him from car­ry­ing on any pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity or or­gan­ised non-pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity that in­volves reg­u­lar con­tact with es­pe­cially vul­ner­able adult per­sons, as well as any pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity or or­gan­ised non-pro­fes­sion­al activ­ity in the health sec­tor that in­volves dir­ect con­tact with pa­tients:

a.

traf­fick­ing in hu­man be­ings (Art. 182) for the pur­pose of sexu­al ex­ploit­a­tion, in­de­cent as­sault (Art. 189), rape (Art. 190), sexu­al acts with per­sons in­cap­able of judge­ment or res­ist­ance (Art. 191), sexu­al acts with per­sons in in­sti­tu­tion­al care, pris­on­ers and per­sons on re­mand (Art. 192), ex­ploit­a­tion of a per­son in a po­s­i­tion of need or de­pend­ency (Art. 193), in­de­cent con­duct (Art. 194), en­cour­aging pros­ti­tu­tion (Art. 195) or sexu­al har­ass­ment (Art. 198), where the of­fence is com­mit­ted against or in front of:

1.

an es­pe­cially vul­ner­able adult vic­tim, or

2.

an adult vic­tim who is not es­pe­cially vul­ner­able, but who was in­cap­able of res­ist­ance or of judge­ment or who was un­able to de­fend him- or her­self as a res­ult of phys­ic­al or psy­cho­lo­gic­al de­pend­ence;

b.

por­no­graphy (Art. 197 para. 2 first sen­tence and para. 4 or 5), where the items or per­form­ances had the fol­low­ing con­tent:

1.

sexu­al acts with es­pe­cially vul­ner­able adult vic­tims, or

2.

sexu­al acts with adult vic­tims who are not es­pe­cially vul­ner­able, but who were in­cap­able of res­ist­ance or of judge­ment or who were un­able to de­fend them­selves as a res­ult of phys­ic­al or psy­cho­lo­gic­al de­pend­ence.⁵

^4bisBy way of ex­cep­tion, the court may re­frain from im­pos­ing a pro­hib­i­tion or­der un­der para­graph 3 or 4 in par­tic­u­larly minor cases if a pro­hib­i­tion or­der of this type does not ap­pear ne­ces­sary to pre­vent the of­fend­er from com­mit­ting fur­ther of­fences of the same type. The court may not re­frain from im­pos­ing a pro­hib­i­tion or­der if the of­fend­er:

a.

has been con­victed of traf­fick­ing in hu­man be­ings (Art. 182), in­de­cent as­sault (Art. 189), rape (Art. 190), sexu­al acts with per­sons in­cap­able of judge­ment or res­ist­ance (Art. 191) or en­cour­aging pros­ti­tu­tion (Art. 195); or

b.

is a pae­do­phile in ac­cord­ance with the in­ter­na­tion­ally re­cog­nised clas­si­fic­a­tion cri­ter­ia.⁶

⁵If the of­fend­er re­ceives a sen­tence or is made sub­ject to a meas­ure for two or more of­fences in the same pro­ceed­ings, the court shall spe­cify what por­tion of the sen­tence or which meas­ure ap­plies to an of­fence that en­tails an activ­ity pro­hib­i­tion or­der. This por­tion of the sen­tence, the meas­ure and the of­fence are de­cis­ive in de­term­in­ing wheth­er an activ­ity pro­hib­i­tion or­der un­der para­graph 1, 2, 2^bis, 3 or 4 is im­posed. The sen­tence por­tions for two or more rel­ev­ant of­fences are ad­ded to­geth­er. More than one activ­ity pro­hib­i­tion or­der may be im­posed.⁷

⁶The court may or­der pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance for the dur­a­tion of the pro­hib­i­tion or­ders.⁸

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