Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Re­cords and prop­erty that ac­cord­ing to the pro­pri­et­or may not be searched or seized due to the right to re­main si­lent or to re­fuse to testi­fy or for oth­er reas­ons must be sealed and may neither be in­spec­ted nor used by the crim­in­al justice au­thor­it­ies.

² Un­less the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity files a re­quest for the re­mov­al of the seals with­in 20 days, the sealed re­cords and prop­erty shall be re­turned to the pro­pri­et­or.

³ If it files a re­quest for the re­mov­al of the seals, the fol­low­ing courts shall is­sue a fi­nal judg­ment there­on with­in a month:

a.

in pre­lim­in­ary pro­ceed­ings: the com­puls­ory meas­ures court;

b.

in oth­er cases: the court be­fore which the case is pending.

⁴ The court may call in an ex­pert to ex­am­ine the con­tent of re­cords and prop­erty.