Swiss Criminal Code

¹ If the per­son con­cerned of his own ac­cord does not com­plete the crim­in­al act or if he as­sists in pre­vent­ing the com­ple­tion of the act, the court may re­duce the sen­tence or waive any pen­alty.

² If two or more per­sons carry out or par­ti­cip­ate in a crim­in­al act, the court may re­duce the sen­tence or waive any pen­alty in re­spect of any per­son con­cerned who, of his own ac­cord, as­sists in pre­vent­ing the com­ple­tion of the act.

³ The court may also re­duce the sen­tence or waive any pen­alty in re­spect of a per­son who with­draws from car­ry­ing out or par­ti­cip­at­ing in a crim­in­al act if the with­draw­al of the per­son con­cerned would have pre­ven­ted the com­ple­tion of the act had it not re­mained un­com­pleted for oth­er reas­ons.

⁴ If one or more of the per­sons car­ry­ing out or par­ti­cip­at­ing in a crim­in­al act makes a ser­i­ous ef­fort to pre­vent the com­ple­tion of the act, the court may re­duce the sen­tence or waive any pen­alty if an of­fence is com­mit­ted ir­re­spect­ive of the ef­forts of that per­son or per­sons.