Swiss Criminal Procedure Code

¹Un­der­cov­er in­vest­ig­at­ors may not gen­er­ally en­cour­age oth­ers to com­mit of­fences or in­cite per­sons already will­ing to com­mit of­fences to com­mit more ser­i­ous of­fences. They must lim­it their activ­it­ies to sub­stan­ti­at­ing an ex­ist­ing de­cision to com­mit an of­fence.

²Their activ­it­ies may only be of minor sig­ni­fic­ance in the de­cision to com­mit a spe­cif­ic of­fence.

³If re­quired in or­der to bring about the main trans­ac­tion, they may make tri­al pur­chases or provide evid­ence of their abil­ity to pay.

⁴If the un­der­cov­er in­vest­ig­at­or ex­ceeds the re­mit of the au­thor­ised op­er­a­tion, the court must take due ac­count of this in as­sess­ing the sen­tence im­posed on the per­son sub­ject to the in­vest­ig­at­or's in­flu­ence, or may dis­pense with im­pos­ing any sen­tence.