Swiss Criminal Code

of 21 December 1937 (Status as of 1 August 2023)


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Art. 190

Rape

 

1 Any per­son who forces a per­son of the fe­male sex by threats or vi­ol­ence, psy­cho­lo­gic­al pres­sure or by be­ing made in­cap­able of res­ist­ance to sub­mit to sexu­al in­ter­course shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of from one to ten years.

2 ...261

3 If the of­fend­er acts with cruelty, and if in par­tic­u­lar he makes use of an of­fens­ive weapon or any oth­er dan­ger­ous ob­ject, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than three years.262

261 Re­pealed by No I of the FA of 3 Oct. 2003 (Pro­sec­u­tion of Of­fences with­in Mar­riage or Re­gistered Part­ner­ships), with ef­fect from 1 April 2004 (AS 2004 14031407; BBl 2003 19091937).

262 Amended by No I of the FA of 3 Oct. 2003 (Pro­sec­u­tion of Of­fences with­in Mar­riage or Re­gistered Part­ner­ships), in force since 1 April 2004 (AS 2004 14031407; BBl 2003 19091937).

 
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