Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If the ac­cused is wholly or partly ac­quit­ted or if the pro­ceed­ings against the ac­cused are aban­doned, he or she is en­titled to:

a.

dam­ages for his or her ex­pendit­ure in­curred in the ap­pro­pri­ate ex­er­cise of their pro­ced­ur­al rights;

b.

dam­ages for the fin­an­cial losses that he or she in­curs due to the re­quired par­ti­cip­a­tion in the crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings;

c.

sat­is­fac­tion for par­tic­u­larly ser­i­ous vi­ol­a­tions of his or her per­son­al cir­cum­stances, in par­tic­u­lar due to depriva­tion of liberty.

² The crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity shall ex­am­ine the claim ex of­fi­cio. It may re­quire the ac­cused to quanti­fy and sub­stan­ti­ate the claim.