Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Com­puls­ory meas­ures may be taken only if:

a.

they are per­mit­ted by law;

b.

there is reas­on­able sus­pi­cion that an of­fence has been com­mit­ted;

c.

the aims can­not be achieved by less strin­gent meas­ures

d.

the ser­i­ous­ness of the of­fence jus­ti­fies the com­puls­ory meas­ure.

² Par­tic­u­lar cau­tion must be taken when car­ry­ing out com­puls­ory meas­ures that re­strict the fun­da­ment­al rights of per­sons not ac­cused of an of­fence.