Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ For the pur­poses of this Code, the ac­cused is a per­son sus­pec­ted, ac­cused of or charged with an of­fence in a re­port of a crim­in­al of­fence, a crim­in­al com­plaint or in a pro­ced­ur­al act car­ried out by a crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity.

² The rights and the ob­lig­a­tions of an ac­cused also ap­ply to per­sons in re­spect of whom it is in­ten­ded to bring new pro­ceed­ings fol­low­ing aban­don­ment or a judg­ment in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 323 or Art­icles 410–415.