Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 193

Ex­ploit­a­tion of a per­son in a po­s­i­tion of need or de­pend­ency

 

1Any per­son who in­duces an­oth­er to com­mit or sub­mit to a sexu­al act by ex­ploit­ing a po­s­i­tion of need or a de­pend­ent re­la­tion­ship based on em­ploy­ment or an­oth­er de­pend­ent re­la­tion­ship 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

1 Amended by An­nex No 18 of the Same-Sex Part­ner­ship Act of 18 June 2004, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2005 5685; BBl 2003 1288).

 
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