Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Where the man­dat­ory ap­point­ment of a de­fence law­yer is re­quired, the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings shall en­sure that a de­fence law­yer is ap­poin­ted im­me­di­ately.

² If the re­quire­ments for the man­dat­ory ap­point­ment of a de­fence law­yer are met on in­stig­a­tion of the pre­lim­in­ary pro­ceed­ings, the de­fence law­yer must be ap­poin­ted be­fore the first ex­am­in­a­tion by the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or by the po­lice on be­half of the pub­lic pro­sec­utor.⁶²

³ In cases where the man­dat­ory ap­point­ment of a de­fence law­yer is clearly re­quired but evid­ence is ob­tained be­fore a de­fence law­yer is ap­poin­ted, the evid­ence ob­tained is only ad­miss­ible if the ac­cused waives the right to have the evid­ence taken again.⁶³