Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The activ­it­ies of the fed­er­al, can­ton­al and com­mun­al po­lice in pro­sec­u­tion mat­ters are gov­erned by this Code.

² The po­lice in­vest­ig­ate of­fences on their own ini­ti­at­ive, in re­sponse to re­ports from mem­bers of the pub­lic and from au­thor­it­ies, and on the in­struc­tions of the pub­lic pro­sec­utor; in do­ing so, they are sub­ject to the su­per­vi­sion and the dir­ect­ives of the pub­lic pro­sec­utor.

³ Where crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings are pending be­fore a court, the court may is­sue the po­lice with in­struc­tions and as­sign­ments.