Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who wil­fully causes the trans­mis­sion of an epi­zo­ot­ic dis­ease among do­mest­ic an­im­als is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

If the of­fend­er ma­li­ciously causes ser­i­ous loss, dam­age or in­jury, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of from one to five years.

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