Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son en­gaged in the man­age­ment or ex­e­cu­tion of con­struc­tion or de­moli­tion work who wil­fully dis­reg­ards the ac­cep­ted rules of con­struc­tion and as a res­ult know­ingly en­dangers the life and limb of oth­ers shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty. The cus­todi­al sen­tence must be com­bined with a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² If the of­fend­er dis­reg­ards the ac­cep­ted rules of con­struc­tion through neg­li­gence, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.