Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who pro­duces, im­ports, stores, mar­kets, pro­motes, ex­hib­its, of­fers, shows, makes ac­cess­ible, ac­quires, pro­cures or pos­sesses by elec­tron­ic means or oth­er­wise or makes avail­able sound, film or video re­cord­ings or oth­er items or rep­res­ent­a­tions in which acts of ex­treme vi­ol­ence to­wards adults or an­im­als or sim­u­lated acts of cruelty to­wards minors are por­trayed, without reas­on­able cul­tur­al or sci­entif­ic grounds there­for, and in do­ing so ser­i­ously of­fends ba­sic hu­man dig­nity shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty. If the items or rep­res­ent­a­tions have genu­ine acts of cruelty to­wards minors as their con­tent, a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty shall be im­posed.

² Any per­son who con­sumes or for their own con­sump­tion pro­duces, im­ports, stores, ac­quires, pro­cures by elec­tron­ic or oth­er means or pos­sesses the items or rep­res­ent­a­tions men­tioned in the first sen­tence of para­graph 1 above, shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty. If the items or rep­res­ent­a­tions have genu­ine acts of cruelty to­wards minors as their con­tent, a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty shall be im­posed

³ The items con­cerned shall be for­feited.