Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who dam­ages, des­troys, con­ceals or mis­ap­pro­pri­ates a doc­u­ment over which he has no ex­clus­ive right of dis­pos­al, with a view to caus­ing fin­an­cial loss or dam­age to the rights of an­oth­er or in or­der to ob­tain an un­law­ful ad­vant­age for him­self or an­oth­er shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² The sup­pres­sion of doc­u­ments to the det­ri­ment of a re­l­at­ive or fam­ily mem­ber is pro­sec­uted only on com­plaint.