Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

¹Ex­am­in­a­tion hear­ings are con­duc­ted by the pub­lic pro­sec­utor, the au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing con­tra­ven­tions and the courts. The Con­fed­er­a­tion and the can­tons shall de­cide on the ex­tent to which the em­ploy­ees of these au­thor­it­ies are per­mit­ted to con­duct ex­am­in­a­tion hear­ings.

²The po­lice may ques­tion ac­cused per­sons and per­sons provid­ing in­form­a­tion. The Con­fed­er­a­tion and the can­tons may de­term­ine which po­lice of­ficers may ques­tion wit­nesses on be­half of the pub­lic pro­sec­utor.