Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who with a view to caus­ing fin­an­cial loss or dam­age to the rights of an­oth­er or in or­der to ob­tain an un­law­ful ad­vant­age for him­self or an­oth­er,

pro­duces a false doc­u­ment, fals­i­fies a genu­ine doc­u­ment, uses the genu­ine sig­na­ture or mark of an­oth­er to pro­duce a false doc­u­ment, falsely cer­ti­fies or causes to be falsely cer­ti­fied a fact of leg­al sig­ni­fic­ance or,

makes use of a false or fals­i­fied doc­u­ment in or­der to de­ceive,

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

2. In par­tic­u­larly minor cases, a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty may be im­posed.