Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If the pub­lic pro­sec­utor re­gards the in­vest­ig­a­tion as com­pleted, it shall is­sue a sum­mary pen­alty or­der or give writ­ten no­tice to those parties whose ad­dress is known of the im­min­ent con­clu­sion of the in­vest­ig­a­tion and in­form them wheth­er it is in­ten­ded to bring charges or aban­don the pro­ceed­ings. At the same time, it shall al­low the parties a peri­od with­in which to sub­mit re­quests for fur­ther evid­ence to be taken.

^1bis It shall give writ­ten no­tice to per­sons suf­fer­ing harm whose ad­dress is known but who have not yet been in­formed of their rights that it in­tends to con­clude the pro­ceed­ings by is­su­ing a sum­mary pen­alty or­der, bring­ing charges or abandon­ing the pro­ceed­ings, and al­low them a peri­od with­in which they may give no­tice that they wish to be­come a private claimant and re­quest that evid­ence be taken.²³⁶

² It may re­ject re­quests for fur­ther evid­ence to be taken only if the evid­ence in­volves mat­ters that are ir­rel­ev­ant, ob­vi­ous, known to the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity or already sat­is­fact­or­ily proven in leg­al terms. The de­cision shall be is­sued in writ­ing and with a brief state­ment of the grounds. Re­quests for fur­ther evid­ence to be taken that are re­fused may be made again in the main pro­ceed­ings.

³ No­tice in ac­cord­ance with para­graphs 1 and 1^bis and de­cisions in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 2 are non-con­test­able.²³⁷