Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Doc­u­ments that identi­fy the ac­cused may be re­tained out­side the case file and, in the event of a reas­on­able sus­pi­cion that a new of­fence has been com­mit­ted, may also be used:

a.

un­til the ex­piry the time lim­its for the de­le­tion of DNA pro­files in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 16–18 of the DNA Pro­files Act of 20 June 2003¹⁴²; or

b.¹⁴³

in the event of a con­vic­tion for a con­tra­ven­tion: for five years from the date of the judg­ment, provided the judg­ment is fi­nal.

² Doc­u­ments identi­fy­ing per­sons oth­er than the ac­cused must be des­troyed as soon as the pro­ceed­ings against the ac­cused have been con­cluded or aban­doned or it has been de­cided not to bring pro­ceed­ings.

³ If it be­comes clear be­fore the ex­piry of the time lim­its un­der para­graph 1 that there is no longer any in­terest in re­tain­ing or us­ing the identi­fy­ing doc­u­ments, they shall be des­troyed.