Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

of 5 October 2007 (Status as of 23 January 2023)


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Art. 305 Information and referral for the victim 155156

1 The po­lice and the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall in­form the vic­tim in full at their first ex­am­in­a­tion hear­ing of his or her rights and ob­lig­a­tions in the crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings.

2 They shall at the same time in­form the vic­tim of:157

a.
the ad­dresses and ser­vices provided by vic­tim coun­selling ser­vices;
b.
the pos­sib­il­ity of claim­ing vari­ous vic­tim sup­port be­ne­fits;
c.
the time lim­it for the fil­ing claims for dam­ages and sat­is­fac­tion;
d.158
the right un­der Art­icle 92a SCC to re­quest in­form­a­tion on the de­cisions and and cir­cum­stances of the ex­e­cu­tion of pen­al­ties and meas­ure in re­la­tion to the of­fend­er.

3 If the vic­tim agrees, they shall pass his or her name and ad­dress on to a coun­selling ser­vice.

4 Para­graphs 1–3 also ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to the re­l­at­ives of the vic­tim.

5 Con­firm­a­tion that the pro­vi­sions this Art­icle have been com­plied with must be re­cor­ded in the case file.

155 Amended by An­nex No II 7 of the Crim­in­al Justice Au­thor­it­ies Act of 19 March 2010, in force since 1 Jan. 2011 (AS 2010 3267; BBl 2008 8125).

156 Amended by No I 3 of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 on Vic­tims’ Right to In­form­a­tion, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1623; BBl 2014 889913).

157 Amended by No I 3 of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 on Vic­tims’ Right to In­form­a­tion, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1623; BBl 2014 889913).

158 In­ser­ted by No I 3 of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 on Vic­tims’ Right to In­form­a­tion, in force since 1 Jan. 2016 (AS 2015 1623; BBl 2014 889913).

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