Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who wil­fully dam­ages, des­troys, re­moves, oth­er­wise renders un­us­able or de­ac­tiv­ates a safety device which serves to pre­vent ac­ci­dents in a fact­ory or oth­er com­mer­cial premises or on a ma­chine,

who wil­fully fails to in­stall such a device in vi­ol­a­tion of the reg­u­la­tions,

and thus know­ingly en­dangers the life and limb of oth­er people,

is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty. The cus­todi­al sen­tence must be com­bined with a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. If the per­son con­cerned acts through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.