Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

¹In or­der to in­vest­ig­ate a felony or a mis­de­mean­our, a sample may be taken to cre­ate a DNA pro­file from:

a.

the ac­cused;

b.

oth­er per­sons, in par­tic­u­lar vic­tims or per­sons en­titled to be present at the place of com­mis­sion, in­so­far as this is ne­ces­sary to dis­tin­guish their bio­lo­gic­al ma­ter­i­al from that of the ac­cused;

c.

de­ceased per­sons;

d.

bio­lo­gic­al ma­ter­i­al rel­ev­ant to the of­fence.

²The po­lice may or­der:

a.

a sample to be taken from per­sons by non-in­vas­ive meth­ods;

b.

the cre­ation of a DNA pro­file from bio­lo­gic­al ma­ter­i­al rel­ev­ant to the of­fence.