Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The or­al ap­peal hear­ing is gov­erned by the pro­vi­sions on the main hear­ing in the first in­stance.

² If the ac­cused or the private claimant filed the ap­peal or cross-ap­peal, the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings shall sum­mon him or her to the ap­peal hear­ing. In simple cases, he or she may, if re­ques­ted, be gran­ted dis­pens­a­tion not to at­tend and be per­mit­ted to sub­mit and jus­ti­fy their ap­plic­a­tions in writ­ing.

³ The dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings shall sum­mon the pub­lic pro­sec­utor to the hear­ing:

a.

in the cases men­tioned in Art­icle 337 para­graphs 3 and 4;

b.

if the pub­lic pro­sec­utor has filed the ap­peal or the cross-ap­peal.

⁴ If the pub­lic pro­sec­utor is not summoned, it may sub­mit writ­ten ap­plic­a­tions and a writ­ten state­ment of the grounds or ap­pear per­son­ally in court.