Swiss Criminal Code

Any per­son who of­fers, prom­ises or gives a mem­ber of a ju­di­cial or oth­er au­thor­ity, a pub­lic of­fi­cial, an of­fi­cially-ap­poin­ted ex­pert, trans­lat­or or in­ter­pret­er, an ar­bit­rat­or, or a mem­ber of the armed forces who is act­ing for a for­eign state or in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tion an un­due ad­vant­age, or gives such an ad­vant­age to a third party, in or­der that the per­son car­ries out or fails to carry out an act in con­nec­tion with his of­fi­cial activ­it­ies which is con­trary to his du­ties or de­pend­ent on his dis­cre­tion,

any per­son who as a mem­ber of a ju­di­cial or oth­er au­thor­ity, a pub­lic of­fi­cial, an of­fi­cially-ap­poin­ted ex­pert, trans­lat­or or in­ter­pret­er, an ar­bit­rat­or, or a mem­ber of the armed forces of a for­eign state or of an in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tion de­mands, se­cures the prom­ise of, or ac­cepts an un­due ad­vant­age for him­self or for a third party in or­der that he car­ries out or fails to carry out an act in con­nec­tion with his of­fi­cial activ­ity which is con­trary to his duty or de­pend­ent on his dis­cre­tion¹

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