Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who sys­tem­at­ic­ally car­ries out spe­cif­ic tech­nic­al or or­gan­isa­tion­al pre­par­a­tions for acts in­ten­ded to cause danger to the life or the health of people or to the prop­erty of oth­ers by means of nuc­le­ar en­ergy, ra­dio­act­ive sub­stances or ion­ising ra­di­ation of sub­stan­tial value shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty. A cus­todi­al sen­tence must be com­bined with a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² Any per­son who man­u­fac­tures, pro­cures, passes on to an­oth­er, ac­cepts from an­oth­er, stores, con­ceals or trans­ports ra­dio­act­ive sub­stances, equip­ment, ap­par­at­us or art­icles that con­tain ra­dio­act­ive sub­stances or may emit ion­ising ra­di­ation shall be li­able, if he knows or must as­sume that they are in­ten­ded for un­law­ful use, to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing ten years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty. A cus­todi­al sen­tence must be com­bined with a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

³ Any per­son who in­structs an­oth­er per­son on how to man­u­fac­ture such sub­stances, equip­ment, ap­par­at­us or art­icles shall be li­able, if he knows or must as­sume that they are in­ten­ded for un­law­ful use, to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty. A cus­todi­al sen­tence must be com­bined with a mon­et­ary pen­alty.