Swiss Criminal Code

¹Any per­son who places an­oth­er in a state of fear and alarm by mak­ing a ser­i­ous threat is li­able on com­plaint to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

²The of­fend­er is pro­sec­uted ex of­fi­cio if he:

a.

is the spouse of the vic­tim and the threat was made dur­ing the mar­riage or with­in one year of di­vorce; or

a^bis.¹ is the re­gistered part­ner of the vic­tim and the threat was made dur­ing the re­gistered part­ner­ship or with­in one year of its dis­sol­u­tion; or

b.

is the het­ero­sexu­al or ho­mo­sexu­al part­ner of the vic­tim, provided they are co­hab­it­ing for an un­lim­ited peri­od and the threat was made dur­ing this time or with­in one year of sep­ar­a­tion.²