Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The po­lice are ob­liged to ar­rest a per­son and bring that per­son to the po­lice sta­tion if:

a.

they have caught the per­son in the act of com­mit­ting a felony or mis­de­mean­our or they have en­countered the per­son im­me­di­ately after he or she has com­mit­ted such an of­fence;

b.

the per­son is sub­ject to an ar­rest war­rant.

² They may ar­rest a per­son and bring him or her to the po­lice sta­tion if, based on en­quir­ies or oth­er re­li­able in­form­a­tion, the per­son is sus­pec­ted of com­mit­ting a felony or mis­de­mean­our.

³ They may ar­rest a per­son and bring him or her to the po­lice sta­tion if they have caught the per­son in the act of com­mit­ting a con­tra­ven­tion or they have en­countered the per­son im­me­di­ately after he or she has com­mit­ted such an of­fence in the event that:

a.

the per­son re­fuses to provide his or her per­son­al de­tails;

b.

the per­son does not live in Switzer­land and fails to provide se­cur­ity for pay­ment of the an­ti­cip­ated fine im­me­di­ately;

c.

the ar­rest is ne­ces­sary in or­der to pre­vent the per­son from com­mit­ting fur­ther con­tra­ven­tions.