Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who for his own or for an­oth­er's un­law­ful gain, ap­pro­pri­ates move­able prop­erty be­long­ing to an­oth­er per­son with the ob­ject of per­man­ently de­priving the own­er of it shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2. …¹⁹⁷

3. The of­fend­er shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of at least six months and no more than ten years if he:

a.

steals for com­mer­cial gain;

b.

com­mits theft as a mem­ber of a group that has been formed for the pur­pose of car­ry­ing out re­peated acts of rob­bery or theft;

c.

car­ries a fire­arm or oth­er dan­ger­ous weapon for the pur­pose of com­mit­ting theft or causes an ex­plo­sion; or

d.

oth­er­wise re­veals a par­tic­u­lar danger due to the man­ner in which he com­mits the theft.¹⁹⁸

4. Theft to the det­ri­ment of a re­l­at­ive or fam­ily mem­ber shall be pro­sec­uted only on com­plaint.