Swiss Criminal Code

¹ A de­par­ture from the rules gov­ern­ing the ex­e­cu­tion of sen­tences in fa­vour of the pris­on in­mates may be per­mit­ted:

a.

if the state of health of the pris­on in­mates so re­quires;

b.

in the event of preg­nancy, child­birth and for the time im­me­di­ately after child­birth;

c.

to en­able the moth­er and in­fant to be ac­com­mod­ated to­geth­er, provided this is also in the in­terests of the child.

² If the sen­tence is not served in a pen­al in­sti­tu­tion, but in an­oth­er ap­pro­pri­ate in­sti­tu­tion, the pris­on in­mate is sub­ject to the reg­u­la­tions of that in­sti­tu­tion un­less the ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity or­ders oth­er­wise.