Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The pub­lic pro­sec­utor, au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing con­tra­ven­tions and courts may or­der the tra­cing of per­sons whose where­abouts are un­known and who are re­quired to ap­pear in the pro­ceed­ings. In cases of ur­gency, the po­lice may them­selves or­der that a wanted per­son be traced.

² A war­rant (ar­rest war­rant) may be is­sued for an ac­cused per­son to be ar­res­ted and brought be­fore the au­thor­it­ies if there is a strong sus­pi­cion that he or she has com­mit­ted a felony or mis­de­mean­our and there is reas­on to be­lieve that there are grounds for the per­son's de­ten­tion.¹⁰⁷

³ Un­less the pub­lic pro­sec­utor, the au­thor­ity re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing con­tra­ven­tions or the court or­ders oth­er­wise, the po­lice are re­spons­ible for tra­cing wanted per­sons.

⁴ Para­graphs 1 and 3 ap­ply mu­tatis mutandis to the tra­cing of items and as­sets. In pre­lim­in­ary pro­ceed­ings, the po­lice may them­selves or­der the tra­cing of items and as­sets.¹⁰⁸