Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 10

1. Felon­ies and mis­de­mean­ours

Defin­i­tion

 

1In this Code, felon­ies are dis­tin­guished from mis­de­mean­ours ac­cord­ing to the sever­ity of the pen­al­ties that the of­fence car­ries.

2Felon­ies are of­fences that carry a cus­todi­al sen­tence of more than three years.

3Mis­de­mean­ours are of­fences that carry a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

 
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