Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 122

3. As­sault

Ser­i­ous as­sault

 

Any per­son who in­ten­tion­ally in­flicts a life-threat­en­ing in­jury on an­oth­er,

any per­son who in­ten­tion­ally in­flicts ser­i­ous in­jury on the per­son, or on an im­port­ant or­gan or limb of an­oth­er, makes an im­port­ant or­gan or limb un­us­able, makes an­oth­er per­man­ently un­fit for work, in­firm or men­tally ill, or who dis­fig­ures the face of an­oth­er badly and per­man­ently,

any per­son who in­ten­tion­ally causes any oth­er ser­i­ous dam­age to the per­son or to the phys­ic­al or men­tal health of an­oth­er,

is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of at least six months and no more than ten years.2

1 Amended by No I of the FA of 23 June 1989, in force since 1 Jan. 1990 (AS 1989 2449 2456; BBl 1985 II 1009).
2 Pen­al­ties re­vised by No II 1 of the FA of 19 June 2015 (Amend­ment to the Law on Crim­in­al Sanc­tions), in force since 1 Jan. 2018 (AS 2016 1249; BBl 2012 4721).

 
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