Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Per­sons provid­ing in­form­a­tion in terms of Art­icle 178 let­ters b–g have the right to re­main si­lent; they are sub­ject to the pro­vi­sions on ex­am­in­a­tion hear­ings with the ac­cused, mu­tatis mutandis.

² A private claimant (Art. 178 let. a) is ob­liged to testi­fy be­fore the pub­lic pro­sec­utor, be­fore the courts and be­fore the po­lice if they in­ter­view the claimant on be­half of the pub­lic pro­sec­utor. In ad­di­tion, the pro­vi­sions on wit­nesses ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis, with ex­cep­tion of Art­icle 176.