Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The costs of the ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings are borne by the parties ac­cord­ing to wheth­er they are suc­cess­ful or not. An ap­pel­lant is also re­garded as un­suc­cess­ful if the ap­peal is dis­missed without its sub­stance be­ing con­sidered or if the ap­peal is with­drawn.

² Where an ap­pel­lant se­cures a more fa­vour­able de­cision, he or she may be ordered to pay costs if:

a.

the ap­peal is suc­cess­ful due to cir­cum­stances that be­came ap­par­ent for the first time in the ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings; or

b.

only minor changes are made to the con­tested de­cision.

³ If the ap­pel­late au­thor­ity it­self is­sues a new de­cision, it shall also re­view the rul­ing on costs is­sued by the lower court.

⁴ If it quashes a de­cision and re­mits the case to the lower for a new de­cision, the Con­fed­er­a­tion or the can­ton shall bear the costs of the ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings, if the ap­pel­late au­thor­ity so de­cides, those of the lower court.

⁵ If an ap­plic­a­tion for a re­view is ap­proved, the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity that must sub­sequently deal with the case shall de­cide at its dis­cre­tion on the costs of the first pro­ceed­ings.