Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ In cases of ur­gency, the ex­ec­ut­ive au­thor­ity may place the per­son con­victed in pre­vent­ive de­ten­tion to en­sure of that the sen­tence or the meas­ure is ex­ecuted.

² It shall sub­mit the case with­in 5 days of the per­son's de­ten­tion:

a.

to the court that im­posed the sen­tence or meas­ure that is to be ex­ecuted;

b.

in the case of sum­mary pen­alty or­ders, to the com­puls­ory meas­ures court at the place where the pub­lic pro­sec­utor is­sued the sum­mary pen­alty or­der.

³ The court shall make a fi­nal de­cision on wheth­er the per­son con­victed re­mains in de­ten­tion un­til the com­mence­ment of the sen­tence or meas­ure.