Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Un­less the law provides oth­er­wise, the max­im­um amount of a fine is 10,000 francs.

² In its judg­ment, the court shall im­pose an al­tern­at­ive cus­todi­al sen­tence of at least one day and a max­im­um of three months for the event that the fine is wil­fully not paid.

³ The court de­term­ines the fine and the al­tern­at­ive cus­todi­al sen­tence based on the of­fend­er's cir­cum­stances so that the of­fend­er re­ceives the sen­tence that is com­men­sur­ate with his culp­able con­duct.

⁴ On ret­ro­spect­ive pay­ment of the fine, the of­fend­er is re­leased from the al­tern­at­ive cus­todi­al sen­tence.

⁵ Art­icles 35 and 36 para­graph 2 ap­ply by ana­logy to the col­lec­tion and con­ver­sion of the fine.¹⁵¹