Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

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Art. 16 Public prosecutor

1The pub­lic pro­sec­utor is re­spons­ible for the uni­form ex­er­cise of the state's right to pun­ish crim­in­al con­duct.

2It con­ducts pre­lim­in­ary pro­ceed­ings, pur­sues of­fences with­in the scope of the in­vest­ig­a­tion, and where ap­plic­able brings charges and acts as pro­sec­utor.

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