Swiss Criminal Code

¹ If a per­son has com­mit­ted a felony or mis­de­mean­our against one or more spe­cif­ic per­sons or against per­sons in a spe­cif­ic group, and if there is a risk that he will com­mit fur­ther felon­ies or mis­de­mean­ours in the event of hav­ing con­tact with such per­sons, the court may im­pose a con­tact pro­hib­i­tion and ex­clu­sion or­der of up to five years.

² By means of a con­tact pro­hib­i­tion and ex­clu­sion or­der the court may pro­hib­it the of­fend­er from:

a.

con­tact­ing one or more spe­cif­ic per­sons or per­sons in a spe­cif­ic group dir­ectly or via third parties, in par­tic­u­lar by tele­phone, in writ­ing or on­line, or em­ploy­ing, ac­com­mod­at­ing, edu­cat­ing, caring for such per­sons or as­so­ci­at­ing with such per­sons in any oth­er way;

b.

ap­proach­ing a spe­cif­ic per­son or com­ing with­in a spe­cif­ic dis­tance of that per­son’s home;

c.

be­ing present in spe­cif­ic loc­a­tions, in par­tic­u­lar spe­cif­ic streets, areas or dis­tricts.

³ The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity may use tech­nic­al devices that are se­curely at­tached to the of­fend­er in or­der to en­force the pro­hib­i­tion or­der. These devices may in par­tic­u­lar serve to de­term­ine the of­fend­er’s loc­a­tion.

⁴ The court may or­der pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance for the dur­a­tion of the pro­hib­i­tion or­der.

⁵ On ap­plic­a­tion from the ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity, it may ex­tend lim­ited pro­hib­i­tion or­ders by a max­im­um of five years in each case if this is ne­ces­sary to pre­vent the of­fend­er from com­mit­ting fur­ther felon­ies and mis­de­mean­ours against minors or oth­er es­pe­cially vul­ner­able per­sons.