Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Un­til a bind­ing de­cision is made on the place of jur­is­dic­tion, the first au­thor­ity to deal with the case shall carry out any meas­ures that can­not be delayed. If ne­ces­sary, the au­thor­ity re­spons­ible for the de­cision on the place of jur­is­dic­tion shall des­ig­nate the au­thor­ity that must pro­vi­sion­ally deal with the mat­ter.

² Per­sons who have been ar­res­ted shall only be trans­ferred to the au­thor­it­ies of oth­er can­tons when a bind­ing de­cision on jur­is­dic­tion has been made.

³ A place of jur­is­dic­tion es­tab­lished in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 38–41 may be changed only if good cause has sub­sequently aris­en be­fore charges have been brought.