Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The pub­lic pro­sec­utor, the courts and, in minor cases, the po­lice shall make an on-site in­spec­tion of all items, loc­a­tions and pro­cesses that are im­port­ant in as­sess­ing the cir­cum­stances but which are not im­me­di­ately avail­able as items of evid­ence.

² Every per­son con­cerned must tol­er­ate the in­spec­tion and al­low the par­ti­cipants the re­quired ac­cess.

³ If it is ne­ces­sary to enter houses, dwell­ings or oth­er premises that are not gen­er­ally ac­cess­ible, the au­thor­it­ies shall com­ply with the reg­u­la­tions ap­plic­able to the search of premises.

⁴ A re­cord shall be made of in­spec­tions by means of video or au­dio re­cord­ings, plans, draw­ings or de­scrip­tions, or by some oth­er meth­od.

⁵ The dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings may or­der that:

a.

oth­er pro­ced­ur­al acts be re­lo­cated to the place where the in­spec­tion is be­ing car­ried out;

b.

the in­spec­tion is com­bined with a re­con­struc­tion of the crim­in­al act or with a con­front­a­tion hear­ing; in such an event, the ac­cused, the wit­nesses and the per­sons provid­ing in­form­a­tion are ob­liged to take part, sub­ject to their right to re­main si­lent.