Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 262

Dis­turb­ing the peace of the dead

 

1. Any per­son who de­sec­rates the rest­ing place of a dead per­son,

Any per­son who ma­li­ciously dis­rupts or de­sec­rates a fu­ner­al pro­ces­sion or fu­ner­al ce­re­mony,

Any per­son who de­sec­rates or pub­licly in­sults a dead body,

is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. Any per­son who re­moves a dead body or part of a dead body or the ashes of a dead per­son against the will of those en­titled thereto is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

 
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