Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

¹Re­mand and pre­vent­ive de­ten­tion are only per­mit­ted if there is a strong sus­pi­cion that the ac­cused has com­mit­ted a felony or mis­de­mean­our and there is a ser­i­ous con­cern that the ac­cused:

a.

will evade crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings or the an­ti­cip­ated sanc­tion by ab­scond­ing;

b.

will in­flu­ence people or tamper with evid­ence in or­der to com­prom­ise ef­forts to es­tab­lish the truth; or

c.

will pose a con­sid­er­able risk to the safety of oth­ers by com­mit­ting ser­i­ous felon­ies or mis­de­mean­ours as he or she has already com­mit­ted sim­il­ar of­fences.

²De­ten­tion is also per­mit­ted if there is ser­i­ous con­cern that a per­son will carry out a threat to com­mit a ser­i­ous felony.