Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

The per­sons re­spons­ible for dir­ect­ing the pro­ceed­ings are:

a.

un­til pro­ceed­ings are aban­doned or charges are brought: the pub­lic pro­sec­utor;

b.

in con­tra­ven­tion pro­ceed­ings: the au­thor­ity re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing con­tra­ven­tions;

c.

in court pro­ceed­ings be­fore two or more judges: the pres­id­ent of the court con­cerned;

d.

in court pro­ceed­ings be­fore one judge sit­ting alone: the judge.