Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The ac­cused must at­tend the main hear­ing in per­son if:

a.

the case in­volves a felony or mis­de­mean­our; or

b.

the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings or­ders a per­son­al ap­pear­ance.

² Duty de­fence law­yers and the man­dat­ory de­fence law­yers must at­tend the main hear­ing in per­son.

³ The dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings may dis­pense with the re­quire­ment for the ac­cused to at­tend in per­son at the ac­cused's re­quest if the ac­cused shows good cause and his or her pres­ence is not re­quired.

⁴ If the ac­cused fails to at­tend without be­ing ex­cused, the reg­u­la­tions on pro­ceed­ings in ab­sen­tia ap­ply.

⁵ If a duty de­fence law­yer or man­dat­ory de­fence law­yer fails to at­tend, the hear­ing shall be post­poned.