Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who col­lects or provides funds with a view to fin­an­cing a vi­ol­ent crime that is in­ten­ded to in­tim­id­ate the pub­lic or to co­erce a state or in­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­isa­tion in­to car­ry­ing out or not car­ry­ing out an act shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² If the per­son merely ac­know­ledges the pos­sib­il­ity that the funds may be used to fin­ance ter­ror­ism, he is not li­able to a pen­alty un­der this Art­icle.

³ The act does not con­sti­tute the fin­an­cing of a ter­ror­ist of­fence if it is car­ried out with a view to es­tab­lish­ing or re-es­tab­lish­ing a demo­crat­ic re­gime or a state gov­erned by the rule of law or with a view to ex­er­cising or safe­guard­ing hu­man rights.

⁴ Para­graph 1 does not ap­ply if the fin­an­cing is in­ten­ded to sup­port acts that do not vi­ol­ate the rules of in­ter­na­tion­al law on the con­duct of armed con­flicts.