Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who wil­fully causes an ex­plo­sion in­volving gas, pet­rol, par­affin or a sim­il­ar sub­stance and thus know­ingly en­dangers the life and limb or prop­erty of oth­ers shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year.

If only minor loss, dam­age or in­jury is caused, a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty may be im­posed.

2. If the per­son con­cerned acts through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.