Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The duty de­fence law­yer shall be paid in ac­cord­ance with the table of leg­al fees ap­plic­able in the Con­fed­er­a­tion or in the can­ton in which the crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings were con­duc­ted.

² The pub­lic pro­sec­utor or the court passing judg­ment shall de­term­ine the fees at the end of the pro­ceed­ings.

³ The duty de­fence law­yer may file an ob­jec­tion against the de­cision on fees:

a.

with the ob­jec­tions au­thor­ity, where the de­cision was made by the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or the court of first in­stance; or

b.

with the Fed­er­al Crim­in­al Court, where the de­cision was made by the ob­jec­tions au­thor­ity or the can­ton­al court of ap­peal.

⁴ If the ac­cused is ordered to pay pro­ced­ur­al costs, as soon as his or her fin­an­cial cir­cum­stances per­mit, he or she must:

a.

re­pay the fees to the Con­fed­er­a­tion or the can­ton;

b.

pay the de­fence law­yer the dif­fer­ence between the of­fi­cial fees and the full fees.

⁵ The rights of the Con­fed­er­a­tion or of the can­ton are sub­ject to a time lim­it of 10 years from the time when the de­cision be­comes leg­ally bind­ing.