Swiss Criminal Code

Any per­son who by the use of vi­ol­ence or the threat of ser­i­ously det­ri­ment­al con­sequences pre­vents a voter from ex­er­cising his right to vote or to sign a pe­ti­tion re­quest­ing a ref­er­en­dum or ini­ti­at­ive, and

any per­son who by the use of vi­ol­ence or the threat of ser­i­ously det­ri­ment­al con­sequences co­erces a voter in­to ex­er­cising his vot­ing rights or in­to vot­ing in a par­tic­u­lar way,

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