Swiss Criminal CodeEnglish is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force. of 21 December 1937 (Status as of 1 July 2021) Enforced disappearance 1 Any person who with the intention of removing a person from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time:
shall be liable to a custodial sentence of not less than one year. 2 Any person who commits the offence abroad is also liable to the foregoing penalty provided they are now in Switzerland and are not extradited. Article 7 paragraphs 4 and 5 apply. 223 Inserted by Annex 2 No 1 of the Federal Decree of 18 Dec. 2015 on the Approval and Implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 4687; BBl 2014 453). |