Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

¹The time lim­it is com­plied with if the pro­ced­ur­al act is car­ried out to the sat­is­fac­tion of the com­pet­ent au­thor­ity on the day of ex­piry at the latest.

² Sub­mis­sions must be de­livered on the day of ex­piry of the time lim­it at the latest to the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity or handed for de­liv­ery to Swis­s­Post, a Swiss dip­lo­mat­ic or con­su­lar rep­res­ent­a­tion or, in the case of per­sons in cus­tody, the gov­ernor of the in­sti­tu­tion.

³In case of elec­tron­ic sub­mis­sion, the rel­ev­ant time for com­pli­ance with a time lim­it is that at which the re­ceipt is is­sued that con­firms that all the steps have been com­pleted that the party must carry out for trans­mis­sion.¹

⁴The time lim­it is also deemed to be com­plied with if the sub­mis­sion is re­ceived by a Swiss au­thor­ity not com­pet­ent in the mat­ter on the day of ex­piry at the latest. This au­thor­ity shall pass the sub­mis­sion on im­me­di­ately to the com­pet­ent crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity.

⁵The time lim­it for mak­ing a pay­ment to a crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity is com­plied with if the amount due is handed to Swis­s­Post or is deb­ited from a postal or bank ac­count in Switzer­land in fa­vour of the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity on the day of ex­piry at the latest.