Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 189

2. Of­fences against sexu­al liberty and hon­our

In­de­cent as­sault

 

1Any per­son who uses threats, force or psy­cho­lo­gic­al pres­sure on an­oth­er per­son or makes that oth­er per­son in­cap­able of res­ist­ance in or­der to com­pel him or her to tol­er­ate a sexu­al act sim­il­ar to in­ter­course or any oth­er sexu­al act is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing ten years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2...1

3If the of­fend­er acts with cruelty, and if in par­tic­u­lar he makes use of an of­fens­ive weapon or any oth­er dan­ger­ous ob­ject, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than three years.2

1 Re­pealed by No I of the FA of 3 Oct. 2003 (Pro­sec­u­tion of Of­fences with­in Mar­riage or Re­gistered Part­ner­ships), with ef­fect from 1 April 2004 (AS 2004 1403 1407; BBl 2003 1909 1937).
2 Amended by No I of the FA of 3 Oct. 2003 (Pro­sec­u­tion of Of­fences with­in Mar­riage or Re­gistered Part­ner­ships), in force since 1 April 2004 (AS 2004 1403 1407; BBl 2003 1909 1937).

 
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