Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ De­cisions that de­term­ine sub­stant­ive crim­in­al or civil is­sues are is­sued in the form of a judg­ment. Oth­er de­cisions, if made by a ju­di­cial au­thor­ity com­pris­ing two or more mem­bers, are is­sued in the form of a de­cree, or if they are made by a single per­son, in the form of a rul­ing. The pro­vi­sions on sum­mary pen­alty or­der pro­ced­ures are re­served.

² De­cisions are is­sued in writ­ing and con­tain a state­ment of the grounds. They are signed by the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings and the clerk of court and are served on the parties.

³ Simple de­crees and rul­ings dir­ect­ing pro­ceed­ings do not re­quire to be is­sued in any spe­cif­ic form or to con­tain a state­ment of grounds; they are noted in the case re­cords and no­ti­fied to the parties in a suit­able man­ner.