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Swiss Criminal Code

English 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)

Art. 230bis254

Caus­ing danger by means of ge­net­ic­ally mod­i­fied or patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms

 

1 Any per­son who wil­fully re­leases ge­net­ic­ally mod­i­fied or patho­gen­ic or­gan­isms or the dis­rupts the op­er­a­tion of a fa­cil­ity for the re­search in­to, or the safe­guard­ing, pro­duc­tion or trans­port of such or­gan­isms shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing ten years, provided he knows or must as­sume that through his acts:

a.
he will en­danger the life and limb of people; or
b.
the nat­ur­al com­pos­i­tion of com­munit­ies of an­im­als and plants or their hab­it­ats will be ser­i­ously en­dangered.

2 If the of­fend­er acts through neg­li­gence, he shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

254 In­ser­ted by An­nex No 1 of the Gene Tech­no­logy Act of 21 March 2003, in force since 1 Jan. 2004 (RO 20034803; BBl 20002391).