Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ In mak­ing its de­cision, the ap­pel­late au­thor­ity is not bound by:

a.

the grounds put for­ward by the parties;

b.

the ap­plic­a­tions made by the parties un­less it is con­sid­er­ing civil claims.

² It may not amend de­cisions to the pre­ju­dice of an ac­cused or per­son con­victed if the ap­peal was filed solely for that per­son's be­ne­fit. However, it may im­pose a more severe pen­alty where facts have come to light that the court of first in­stance could not have known.

³ It may not amend de­cisions on civil mat­ters to the pre­ju­dice of a private claimant if this is the only per­son to re­quest an ap­pel­late rem­edy.