Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

¹Fed­er­al and can­ton­al pub­lic pro­sec­utors, au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing con­tra­ven­tions and courts are en­titled to or­der and carry out any of the pro­ced­ur­al acts spe­cified in this Code dir­ectly in an­oth­er can­ton.

²Pri­or no­tice shall be giv­en to the pub­lic pro­sec­utor of the can­ton in which the pro­ced­ur­al act is to be car­ried out. In cases of ur­gency, sub­sequent no­tice is pos­sible. No no­tice is re­quired for ob­tain­ing in­form­a­tion and for re­quest­ing the han­dover of files.

³The costs of the pro­ced­ur­al acts and any re­lated ob­lig­a­tions to pay dam­ages shall be borne by the Con­fed­er­a­tion or the can­ton car­ry­ing out the act; it may charge the costs to the parties in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 426 and 427.