Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Where there is a risk that the ac­cused may ab­scond, the rel­ev­ant court may or­der pay­ment of a sum of money in or­der to en­sure that the ac­cused ap­pears for all pro­ced­ur­al acts or to be­gin a cus­todi­al sanc­tion.

² The amount of the bail pay­ment is as­sessed on the basis of the ser­i­ous­ness of the of­fences of which the ac­cused is sus­pec­ted and of the ac­cused's per­son­al cir­cum­stances.

³ The pay­ment of money bail may be made in cash or by means of a guar­an­tee is­sued by a bank or in­sur­ance com­pany per­man­ently es­tab­lished in Switzer­land.