Swiss Criminal Code

of 21 December 1937 (Status as of 22 November 2022)


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Art. 181a217

Forced mar­riage, forced re­gistered part­ner­ship

 

1 Any per­son who, by the use of force or the threat of ser­i­ous det­ri­ment or oth­er re­stric­tion of an­oth­er's free­dom to act com­pels an­oth­er to enter in­to a mar­riage or to have a same-sex part­ner­ship re­gistered shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2 Any per­son who com­mits the fore­go­ing of­fence abroad but is now in Switzer­land and is not be­ing ex­tra­dited shall be li­able to the same pen­alty. Art­icle 7 para­graphs 4 and 5 ap­ply.

217 In­ser­ted by No I 6 of the FA of 15 June 2012 on Meas­ures against Forced Mar­riages, in force since 1 Ju­ly 2013 (AS 2013 1035; BBl 2011 2185).

 
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