Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The pub­lic pro­sec­utor may ar­range for post and tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions to be mon­itored if:

a.

there is a strong sus­pi­cion that an of­fence lis­ted in para­graph 2 has been com­mit­ted;

b.

the ser­i­ous­ness of the of­fence jus­ti­fies sur­veil­lance; and

c.

in­vest­ig­at­ive activ­it­ies car­ried out so far have been un­suc­cess­ful or the en­quir­ies would oth­er­wise have no pro­spect of suc­cess or be made un­reas­on­ably com­plic­ated.

² Sur­veil­lance may be ordered in the in­vest­ig­a­tion of the of­fences un­der the fol­low­ing Art­icles:

a.¹⁵⁴

SCC¹⁵⁵: Art­icles 111–113, 115, 118 para­graph 2, 122, 124, 127, 129, 135, 138–140, 143, 144 para­graph 3, 144^bis num­ber 1 para­graph 2 and num­ber 2 para­graph 2, 146–148, 156, 157 num­ber 2, 158 num­ber 1 para­graph 3 and num­ber 2, 160, 163 num­ber 1, 180, 181, 182–185, 187, 188, 189–191, 193, 193a, 195–197, 220, 221 para­graphs 1 and 2, 223 num­ber 1, 224 para­graph 1, 226–226^ter, 227 num­ber 1 para­graph 1, 228 num­ber 1 para­graph 1, 230^bis, 231 num­ber 1, 232 num­ber 1, 233 num­ber 1, 234 para­graph 1, 237 num­ber 1, 240 para­graph 1, 242, 244, 251 num­ber 1, 258, 259 para­graph 1, 260^bis–260^sex­ies, 261^bis, 264–267, 271, 272 num­ber 2, 273, 274 num­ber 1 para­graph 2, 285, 301, 303 num­ber 1, 305, 305^bis num­ber 2, 310, 312, 314, 317 num­ber 1, 319, 322^ter, 322^quater and 322^sep­ties;

b.¹⁵⁶

For­eign Na­tion­als and In­teg­ra­tion Act¹⁵⁷ of 16 Decem­ber 2005¹⁵⁸: Art­icles 116 para­graph 3 and 118 para­graph 3;

c.

Fed­er­al Act of 22 June 2001¹⁵⁹ on the Hag­ue Con­ven­tion on Ad­op­tion and on Meas­ures to Pro­tect Chil­dren in In­ter­na­tion­al Ad­op­tion Cases: Art­icle 24;

d.¹⁶⁰

War Ma­ter­i­al Act of 13 Decem­ber 1996¹⁶¹: Art­icles 33 para­graph 2 and 34–35b;

e.

Nuc­le­ar En­ergy Act of 21 March 2003¹⁶²: Art­icles 88 para­graphs 1 and 2, 89 para­graphs 1 and 2 and 90 para­graph 1;

f.¹⁶³

NarcA¹⁶⁴: Art­icles 19 num­ber 1 second sen­tence and num­ber 2, and 20 num­ber 1 second sen­tence;

g.

En­vir­on­ment­al Pro­tec­tion Act of 7 Oc­to­ber 1983¹⁶⁵: Art­icle 60 para­graph 1 let­ters g–i as well as m and o;

h.

Goods Con­trol Act of 13 Decem­ber 1996¹⁶⁶: Art­icle 14 para­graph 2;

i.¹⁶⁷

Sport Pro­mo­tion Act of 17 June 2011¹⁶⁸: Art­icle 22 para­graphs 2 and 25a para­graph 3;

j.¹⁶⁹

Fin­an­cial Mar­ket In­fra­struc­ture Act of 19 June 2015¹⁷⁰: Art­icles 154 and 155;

k.¹⁷¹

Weapons Act of 20 June 1997¹⁷²: Art­icle 33 para­graph 3;

l.¹⁷³

Medi­cin­al Products Act of 15 Decem­ber 2000¹⁷⁴: Art­icle 86 para­graphs 2 and 3;

m.¹⁷⁵

Gambling Act of 29 Septem­ber 2017¹⁷⁶: Art­icle 130 para­graph 2 for the of­fences un­der Art­icle 130 para­graph 1 let­ter a;

n.¹⁷⁷

In­tel­li­gence Ser­vice Act of 25 Septem­ber 2015¹⁷⁸: Art­icle 74 para­graph 4.

³ If the ad­ju­dic­a­tion an of­fence sub­ject to mil­it­ary jur­is­dic­tion is as­signed to the jur­is­dic­tion of the civil courts, the sur­veil­lance of post and tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions may also be ordered in the in­vest­ig­a­tion of the of­fences un­der Art­icle 70 para­graph 2 of the Mil­it­ary Crim­in­al Pro­ced­ure Code of 23 March 1979¹⁷⁹.