Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who with a view to bring­ing about or sup­port­ing for­eign op­er­a­tions or activ­it­ies dir­ec­ted against the se­cur­ity of Switzer­land, con­tacts a for­eign state, for­eign parties, or oth­er for­eign or­gan­isa­tions or their agents, or is­sues or dis­sem­in­ates false or dis­tor­ted in­form­a­tion shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² In ser­i­ous cases, a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year may be im­posed.