Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land may as­sign a crim­in­al case sub­ject to fed­er­al jur­is­dic­tion in terms of Art­icle 23 to the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies for in­vest­ig­a­tion and ad­ju­dic­a­tion or, by way of ex­cep­tion, for as­sess­ment only. Ex­emp­ted there­from are crim­in­al cases in terms of Art­icle 23 para­graph 1 let­ter g.

² In minor cases, it may also as­sign a crim­in­al case sub­ject to fed­er­al jur­is­dic­tion in terms of Art­icle 24 to the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies for in­vest­ig­a­tion and ad­ju­dic­a­tion.