Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The pub­lic pro­sec­utor may or­der an un­der­cov­er in­vest­ig­a­tion if:

a.

it is sus­pec­ted that an of­fence lis­ted in para­graph 2 has been com­mit­ted;

b.

the ser­i­ous­ness of the of­fence jus­ti­fies the cov­ert in­vest­ig­a­tion; and

c.

pre­vi­ous in­vest­ig­at­ive activ­it­ies have been un­suc­cess­ful or the en­quir­ies would oth­er­wise have no pro­spect of suc­cess or be made un­reas­on­ably com­plic­ated.

² An un­der­cov­er in­vest­ig­a­tion is per­mit­ted in re­spect of of­fences un­der the fol­low­ing Art­icles:

a.¹³⁰

SCC: Art­icles 111–113, 122, 124, 129, 135, 138–140, 143 para­graph 1, 144 para­graph 3, 144^bis num­ber 1 para­graph 2 and num­ber 2 para­graph 2, 146 para­graphs 1 and 2, 147 para­graphs 1 and 2, 148, 156, 160, 182–185, 187, 188 num­ber 1, 189 para­graphs 1 and 3, 190 para­graphs 1 and 3, 191, 192 para­graph 1, 195, 196, 197 para­graphs 3–5, 221 para­graphs 1 and 2, 223 num­ber 1, 224 para­graph 1, 227 num­ber 1 para­graph 1, 228 num­ber 1 para­graph 1, 230^bis, 231 num­ber 1, 232 num­ber 1, 233 num­ber 1, 234 para­graph 1, 237 num­ber 1, 238 para­graph 1, 240 para­graph 1, 242, 244 para­graph 2, 251 num­ber 1, 260^bis–260^sex­ies, 264–267, 271, 272 num­ber 2, 273, 274 num­ber 1 para­graph 2, 301, 305^bis num­ber 2, 310, 322^ter, 322^quater, 322^sep­ties;

b.¹³¹

For­eign Na­tion­als and In­teg­ra­tion Act of 16. Decem­ber 2005¹³²: Art­icles 116 para­graph 3 and 118 para­graph 3;

c.

Fed­er­al Act of 22. June 2001¹³³ on the Hag­ue Con­ven­tion on Ad­op­tion and on Meas­ures to Pro­tect Chil­dren in In­ter­na­tion­al Ad­op­tion Cases: Art­icle 24;

d.¹³⁴

War Ma­ter­i­al Act of 13 Decem­ber 1996¹³⁵: Art­icles 33 para­graph 2 and 34–35b;

e.

Nuc­le­ar En­ergy Act of 21 March 2003¹³⁶: Art­icles 88 para­graphs 1 and 2, 89 para­graphs 1 and 2 and 90 para­graph 1;

f.¹³⁷

Nar­cot­ics Act of 3 Oc­to­ber 1951¹³⁸: Art­icles 19 num­ber 1 second sen­tence and num­ber 2, and 20 num­ber 1 second sen­tence;

g.

Goods Con­trol Act of 13 Decem­ber 1996¹³⁹: Art­icle 14 para­graph 2;

h.¹⁴⁰

Sport Pro­mo­tion Act of 17 June 2011¹⁴¹: Art­icles 22 para­graph 2 and 25a para­graph 3;

i.¹⁴²

Weapons Act of 20 June 1997¹⁴³: Art­icle 33 para­graph 3;

j.¹⁴⁴

Medi­cin­al Products Act of 15 Decem­ber 2000¹⁴⁵: Art­icle 86 para­graphs 2 and 3;

k.¹⁴⁶

Gambling Act of 29 Septem­ber 2017¹⁴⁷: Art­icle 130 para­graph 2 for the of­fences un­der Art­icle 130 para­graph 1 let­ter a;

l.¹⁴⁸

In­tel­li­gence Ser­vice Act of 25 Septem­ber 2015¹⁴⁹: Art­icle 74 para­graph 4.

³ If the ad­ju­dic­a­tion an of­fence sub­ject to mil­it­ary jur­is­dic­tion is as­signed to the jur­is­dic­tion of the civil courts, an un­der­cov­er in­vest­ig­a­tion may also be ordered in re­spect of of­fences un­der Art­icle 70 para­graph 2 of the Mil­it­ary Crim­in­al Pro­ced­ure Code of 23 March 1979¹⁵⁰.