Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance is in­ten­ded to pro­tect the pro­ba­tion­ers from re­offend­ing and en­able their so­cial in­teg­ra­tion. The com­pet­ent au­thor­ity for pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance provides and ar­ranges for the re­quired so­cial and spe­cial­ist ser­vices.

² Per­sons work­ing in the field of pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance must treat mat­ters that come to their know­ledge in the course of their work as con­fid­en­tial. They may dis­close in­form­a­tion on the per­son­al cir­cum­stances of a pro­ba­tion­er to third parties only if the pro­ba­tion­er or the per­son in charge of pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance has con­sen­ted in writ­ing.

³ The au­thor­it­ies for the ad­min­is­tra­tion of crim­in­al justice may ob­tain a re­port on the pro­ba­tion­er from the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity for pro­ba­tion as­sist­ance.