Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Where a case is sub­ject to fed­er­al jur­is­dic­tion, the mat­ter is ur­gent and the fed­er­al crim­in­al justice au­thor­it­ies are not yet in­volved, the po­lice en­quir­ies and the in­vest­ig­a­tion may also be con­duc­ted by the can­ton­al au­thor­it­ies that have loc­al jur­is­dic­tion un­der the rules on place of jur­is­dic­tion. The Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al of Switzer­land must be no­ti­fied im­me­di­ately; the case must be trans­ferred to the OAG or re­ferred for a de­cision in terms of Art­icles 25 or 26 as soon as pos­sible.

² In the case of of­fences that have been com­mit­ted wholly or partly in two or more can­tons or abroad and for which fed­er­al or can­ton­al jur­is­dic­tion has not yet been es­tab­lished, the fed­er­al crim­in­al justice au­thor­it­ies may con­duct the ini­tial en­quir­ies.