Swiss Criminal Code

¹ The of­fend­er is re­leased on pa­role from in­def­in­ite in­car­cer­a­tion in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 64 para­graph 1 as soon as it is ex­pec­ted that he will be of good be­ha­viour when at liberty.⁶⁴ The pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od amounts to two to five years. For the dur­a­tion of the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od, pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance may be ordered and con­duct or­ders may be im­posed.

² If on ex­piry of the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od a con­tinu­ation of the pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance or the con­duct or­ders is con­sidered to be ne­ces­sary in or­der to re­duce the risk of fur­ther of­fences in terms of Art­icle 64 para­graph 1, the court may at the re­quest of the ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity ex­tend the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od by a fur­ther two to five years.

³ If due to his con­duct dur­ing the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od, it is ser­i­ously ex­pec­ted that the of­fend­er may com­mit fur­ther of­fences in terms of Art­icle 64 para­graph 1, the court at the re­quest of the ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity shall or­der his re­call to cus­tody.

⁴ If the of­fend­er when re­leased on pa­role fails to com­ply with the con­di­tions of pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance or dis­reg­ards the con­duct or­ders, Art­icle 95 para­graphs 3–5 ap­plies.

⁵ If the of­fend­er when re­leased on pa­role is of good be­ha­viour un­til the ex­piry of the pro­ba­tion­ary peri­od, he is gran­ted fi­nal re­lease.