Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If the pub­lic pro­sec­utor de­cides to stand by the sum­mary pen­alty or­der, it shall send the files im­me­di­ately to the court of first in­stance for the con­duct of the main hear­ing. The sum­mary pen­alty or­der con­sti­tutes the in­dict­ment.

² The court of first in­stance shall de­cide on the valid­ity of the sum­mary pen­alty or­der and its re­jec­tion.

³ The re­jec­tion may be with­drawn at any time pri­or to the con­clu­sion of the party sub­mis­sions.

⁴ If the per­son fil­ing the re­jec­tion fails to at­tend the main hear­ing without ex­cuse or be­ing rep­res­en­ted, the re­jec­tion is deemed to have been with­drawn.

⁵ If the sum­mary pen­alty or­der is in­val­id, the court shall re­voke it and refer the case back to the pub­lic pro­sec­utor for new pre­lim­in­ary pro­ceed­ings to be con­duc­ted.

⁶ If the re­jec­tion relates only to costs and dam­ages or oth­er in­cid­ent­al leg­al or­ders, so the court shall de­cide in writ­ten pro­ceed­ings, un­less the per­son fil­ing the re­jec­tion ex­pressly re­quests a hear­ing.

⁷ If sum­mary pen­alty or­ders have been is­sued to two or more per­sons in re­la­tion to the same act, Art­icle 392 ap­plies mu­tatis mutandis.