Swiss Criminal Code

¹ The of­fend­er is re­leased on pa­role from un­der­go­ing an in-pa­tient meas­ure as soon as his con­di­tion jus­ti­fies his be­ing giv­en the liberty to prove him­self.

² In the case of re­lease on pa­role from a meas­ure un­der Art­icle 59, the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od amounts to one to five years, and in the case of re­lease on pa­role from a meas­ure un­der Art­icles 60 and 61, from one to three years.

³ The per­son re­leased on pa­role may be re­quired to un­der­go out-pa­tient treat­ment dur­ing the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od. The ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity may or­der pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance and is­sue con­duct or­ders for the dur­a­tion the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od.

⁴ If on ex­piry of the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od, a con­tinu­ation of the out-pa­tient treat­ment, the pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance or the con­duct or­ders is con­sidered ne­ces­sary in or­der to re­duce the risk of fur­ther felon­ies and mis­de­mean­ours be­ing com­mit­ted that are as­so­ci­ated with the con­di­tion of the per­son re­leased on pa­role, the court may at the re­quest of the ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity ex­tend the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od as fol­lows:

a.

by one to five years in the case of re­lease on pa­role from a meas­ure in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 59;

b.

by one to three years in the case of re­lease on pa­role from a meas­ure un­der Art­icles 60 and 61.

⁵ The pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od fol­low­ing re­lease on pa­role from a meas­ure un­der Art­icles 60 and 61 may not ex­ceed six years.

⁶ If the of­fend­er has com­mit­ted an of­fence in terms of Art­icle 64 para­graph 1, the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od may be ex­ten­ded as of­ten as is con­sidered ne­ces­sary to pre­vent fur­ther such of­fences be­ing com­mit­ted.