Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

The Con­fed­er­a­tion or the can­ton may take leg­al ac­tion against per­sons who wil­fully or through gross neg­li­gence lead it to in­cur costs by:

a.

caus­ing pro­ceed­ings to be in­sti­tuted;

b.

make the pro­ceed­ings con­sid­er­ably more com­plic­ated;

c.

bring­ing about a de­cision that is over­turned in re­view pro­ceed­ings.