Swiss Criminal Code


Open article in different language:  DE  |  FR  |  IT
Art. 240

Coun­ter­feit­ing money

 

1 Any per­son who coun­ter­feits coins, pa­per money or bank­notes in or­der to pass these off as genu­ine shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence of not less than one year.

2 In par­tic­u­larly minor cases, a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty shall be im­posed.

3 The of­fend­er is also li­able to the fore­go­ing pen­al­ties if he com­mit­ted the act abroad, has entered Switzer­land and is not be­ing ex­tra­dited, provided the act is also an of­fence at the place of com­mis­sion.

 
Previous article Show article in the law Next article

Diese Seite ist durch reCAPTCHA geschützt und die Google Datenschutzrichtlinie und Nutzungsbedingungen gelten.

Feedback