Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who coun­ter­feits coins, pa­per money or bank­notes in or­der to pass these off as genu­ine shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year.

² In par­tic­u­larly minor cases, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

³ The of­fend­er is also li­able to the fore­go­ing pen­al­ties if he com­mit­ted the act abroad, has entered Switzer­land and is not be­ing ex­tra­dited, provided the act is also an of­fence at the place of com­mis­sion.