Swiss Criminal Code

1. Any per­son who forges or fals­i­fies of­fi­cial stamps, and in par­tic­u­lar post­age stamps, rev­en­ue stamps or fee stamps, in or­der to pass these off as genu­ine or non-fals­i­fied,

any per­son who gives can­celled of­fi­cial value stamps the ap­pear­ance of be­ing val­id in or­der to pass them off as such,

shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

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

2. Any per­son who passes off forged, fals­i­fied or can­celled of­fi­cial stamps as genu­ine, non-fals­i­fied or val­id shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.