Swiss Criminal Code

¹ The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity shall con­sider on re­quest or ex of­fi­cio:

a.

at least once an­nu­ally, and for the first time after two years have lapsed, wheth­er and when the of­fend­er may be re­leased on pa­role from in­def­in­ite in­car­cer­a­tion (Art. 64a para. 1);

b.

at least every two years, and for the first time be­fore in­def­in­ite in­car­cer­a­tion takes ef­fect, wheth­er the re­quire­ments for an in-pa­tient thera­peut­ic treat­ment have been ful­filled and wheth­er a re­lated ap­plic­a­tion should there­fore be made to the com­pet­ent court (Art. 65 para. 1).

² The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity makes its de­cisions in terms of para­graph 1 based on:

a.

a re­port from the in­sti­tu­tion board;

b.

an in­de­pend­ent spe­cial­ist as­sess­ment in terms of Art­icle 56 para­graph 4;

c.

its hear­ing of a com­mit­tee in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 62d para­graph 2;

d.

its hear­ing of the of­fend­er.