Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If the new de­cision im­poses a high­er sen­tence on the ac­cused, the por­tion of the ori­gin­al sen­tence already served shall be taken in­to ac­count.

² If the ac­cused is ac­quit­ted or a more le­ni­ent sen­tence is im­posed or if the pro­ceed­ings are aban­doned, any fines or mon­et­ary pen­al­ties that have been over­paid shall be re­fun­ded. Claims made by the ac­cused for dam­ages or sat­is­fac­tion are gov­erned by Art­icle 436 para­graph 4.

³ If a con­vic­tion is over­turned and an ac­quit­tal im­posed, the ac­cused or, fol­low­ing his or her death, his or her next-of-kin may de­mand that the new de­cision be pub­lished.