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) Committing an offence while in a state of voluntarily induced mental incapacity 1 Any person who is incapable of forming criminal intent as a result of voluntarily induced intoxication through alcohol or drugs, and while in this state commits an act punishable as a felony or misdemeanour shall be liable to a monetary penalty.284 2 If the offender has, in this self-induced state, committed an act for which the only penalty is a custodial sentence, the penalty is a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or a monetary penalty.285 284 Penalties revised by No II 1 of the FA of 19 June 2015 (Amendment to the Law on Criminal Sanctions), in force since 1 Jan. 2018 (AS 2016 1249; BBl 2012 4721). 285 Amended by No II 1 para. 16 of the FA of 13 Dec. 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2006 34593535; BBl 1999 1979). |