Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ When re­cord­ing iden­ti­fic­a­tion data, the phys­ic­al char­ac­ter­ist­ics of a per­son shall be noted and prints taken of parts of the body.

² The po­lice, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor and the courts, or in cases of ur­gency the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings may or­der the re­cord­ing of identi­fy­ing data.

³ The re­cord­ing of identi­fy­ing data shall be ordered in a writ­ten war­rant, with a brief state­ment of the reas­ons. In cases of ur­gency, it may be ordered or­ally, but must sub­sequently be con­firmed and ex­plained in writ­ing.

⁴ If the per­son con­cerned re­fuses to ac­cept the po­lice or­der, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall de­cide.