Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ At the re­quest of the ac­cused or the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or ex of­fi­cio, the tri­al may be di­vided in­to two parts; in this event, it may be stip­u­lated that:

a.

in the first part of the pro­ceed­ings only the of­fence and the is­sue of the ac­cused's guilt will be con­sidered, and that in the second the con­sequences of con­vic­tion or ac­quit­tal shall be con­sidered; or

b.

in the first part of the pro­ceed­ings only the of­fence will be con­sidered and in the second the is­sue of the ac­cused's guilt to­geth­er with the con­sequences of con­vic­tion or ac­quit­tal will be con­sidered.

^1bis The fol­low­ing are re­spons­ible for the de­cision:

a.

un­til the tri­al is opened: the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings;

b.

after the tri­al is opened: the court.²⁴⁰

^1ter If the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings re­jects the re­quest for the tri­al to be di­vided in­to two parts, he or she shall no­ti­fy the parties of this and provide a brief state­ment of the grounds. The re­quest may be filed again at the tri­al.²⁴¹

² The de­cision on the di­vi­sion of the tri­al is non-con­test­able.

³ In the event of the di­vi­sion of the pro­ceed­ings, the per­son­al cir­cum­stances of the ac­cused may only be con­sidered in the tri­al in the event of that the ac­cused is found guilty, un­less that the ac­cused's per­son­al cir­cum­stances are of sig­ni­fic­ance in as­sess­ing the ob­ject­ive facts of the case or the state of mind of the ac­cused.

⁴ The ver­dict shall be giv­en fol­low­ing the de­lib­er­a­tions, but it may only be con­tested in con­junc­tion with the en­tire judg­ment.