Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who mis­leads a an­oth­er by provid­ing false or in­com­plete in­form­a­tion, fail­ing to dis­close in­form­a­tion or in any oth­er way or who com­pounds an ex­ist­ing er­ror so that he or an as­so­ci­ate ob­tains so­cial in­sur­ance or so­cial as­sist­ance be­ne­fits to which he or his as­so­ci­ate is not en­titled shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or to mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² In minor cases, the pen­alty is a fine.