Swiss Criminal Code

1. Con­victed pris­on­ers or oth­er per­sons who have been com­mit­ted to an in­sti­tu­tion by of­fi­cial or­der who form a ri­ot­ous as­sembly with the com­mon in­tent

to at­tack the of­ficers of the in­sti­tu­tion or oth­er per­sons en­trus­ted with their su­per­vi­sion,

to co­erce these per­sons by force or the threat of force to carry out acts or ab­stain from car­ry­ing out acts, or

to break out of the in­sti­tu­tion by us­ing force,

are li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty of not less than 30 daily pen­alty units.³⁶⁸

2. Any par­ti­cipant who com­mits acts of vi­ol­ence against per­sons or prop­erty shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty of not less than 90 daily pen­alty units.³⁶⁹