Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If an ac­cused is not leg­ally re­spons­ible due to a men­tal dis­order and if the ap­plic­a­tion of Art­icle 19 para­graph 4 or 263 SCC¹⁶⁵ is not an op­tion, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall make a writ­ten ap­plic­a­tion to the court of first in­stance for a meas­ure in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 59–61, 63, 64, 67 or 67b or 67e SCC, without abandon­ing the pro­ceed­ings be­fore­hand due to the ac­cused not be­ing leg­ally re­spons­ible due to a men­tal dis­order.¹⁶⁶

² The court of first in­stance may in con­sid­er­a­tion of the ac­cused's state of health or to pro­tect the ac­cused's pri­vacy:

a.

con­duct the pro­ceed­ings in the ab­sence of the ac­cused;

b.

ex­clude the pub­lic from the pro­ceed­ings.

³ It shall give any private claimant the op­por­tun­ity to com­ment on the ap­plic­a­tion made by the pub­lic pro­sec­utor and on his or her civil claim.

⁴ The pro­vi­sions on the main pro­ceed­ings at first in­stance oth­er­wise ap­ply.