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 January 2022) Preparatory offences 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. 253Inserted by Annex No II 2 of the Nuclear Energy Act of 21 March 2003, in force since 1 Feb. 2005 (RO 20044719; BBl 20012665). |