Swiss Criminal Code

¹Any per­son who, by ab­us­ing a de­pend­ent re­la­tion­ship with a per­son in in­sti­tu­tion­al care, an in­mate of an in­sti­tu­tion, a pris­on­er, a de­tain­ee or a per­son on re­mand, in­duces the de­pend­ent per­son to com­mit or sub­mit to a sexu­al act, is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

²If the per­son harmed 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