Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 187

1. En­dan­ger­ing the de­vel­op­ment of minors

Sexu­al acts with chil­dren

 

1. Any per­son who en­gages in a sexu­al act with a child un­der 16 years of age, or,

in­cites a child to com­mit such an activ­ity, or

in­volves a child in a sexu­al act,

is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. No pen­alty may be im­posed if the dif­fer­ence in age between the per­sons in­volved is three years or less.

3. If the of­fend­er has not reached the age of 20 at the time of the act or the first of the acts, and if there are spe­cial cir­cum­stances, or if the child is the spouse or re­gistered part­ner of the of­fend­er, the re­spons­ible au­thor­ity may dis­pense with pro­sec­u­tion, re­fer­ral to the court or the im­pos­i­tion of a pen­alty.1

4. If the of­fend­er acts un­der the mis­con­cep­tion that the child is 16 years of age or older, but he would not have made this er­ror had he ex­er­cised due care, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

5. ...2

6. ...3

1 Amended by No I 1 of the FA of 13 Dec. 2013 on Activ­ity Pro­hib­i­tion Or­ders and Con­tact Pro­hib­i­tion and Ex­clu­sion Or­ders, in force since 1 Jan. 2015 (AS 2014 2055; BBl 2012 8819).
2 Re­pealed by No I of the FA of 21 March 1997, with ef­fect from 1 Sept. 1997 (AS 1997 1626; BBl 1996 IV 1318 1322).
3 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 21 March 1997 (AS 1997 1626; BBl 1996 IV 1318 1322). Re­pealed by No I of the FA of 5 Oct. 2001 (Lim­it­a­tion of Right to Pro­sec­ute in gen­er­al and in cases of Sexu­al Of­fences against Chil­dren), with ef­fect from 1 Oct. 2002 (AS 2002 2993; BBl 2000 2943).

 
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