Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ In the in­vest­ig­a­tion, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall cla­ri­fy the fac­tu­al and leg­al as­pects of the case in or­der that it may con­clude the pre­lim­in­ary pro­ceed­ings.

² If it is an­ti­cip­ated that charges will be brought or a sum­mary pen­alty or­der is­sued, it shall cla­ri­fy the per­son­al cir­cum­stances of the ac­cused.

³ If charges are to be brought, the in­vest­ig­a­tion must provide the court with the ba­sic in­form­a­tion re­quired to as­sess the guilt of the ac­cused and to im­pose a sen­tence.