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Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

English is not an official language of the Swiss Confederation. This translation is provided for information purposes only and has no legal force.

of 5 October 2007 (Status as of 1 July 2021)

Art. 255 General requirements

1 In 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.

2 The 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.