Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who forges, fals­i­fies, re­moves or des­troys an elect­or­al re­gister,

any per­son who par­ti­cip­ates in an elec­tion or a vote, or signs a re­quest for a ref­er­en­dum or an ini­ti­at­ive without au­thor­ity, and

any per­son who fals­i­fies the res­ults of an elec­tion or vote or a pe­ti­tion re­quest­ing a ref­er­en­dum or ini­ti­at­ive, in par­tic­u­lar by adding, al­ter­ing, omit­ting, de­let­ing bal­lot pa­pers or sig­na­tures, count­ing them in­cor­rectly or in­cor­rectly cer­ti­fy­ing the res­ult,

shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. If the of­fend­er acts in of­fi­cial ca­pa­city, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty of not less than 30 daily pen­alty units. The cus­todi­al sen­tence may be com­bined with a mon­et­ary pen­alty.³¹⁸