Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The sum­mary pen­alty or­der con­tains:

a.

the name of the au­thor­ity is­su­ing the or­der;

b.

the name of the ac­cused;

c.

a de­scrip­tion of the act com­mit­ted by the ac­cused;

d.

the of­fence con­sti­tuted by the act;

e.

the sanc­tion;

f.

no­tice of the re­voc­a­tion of a sus­pen­ded sanc­tion or of pa­role with a brief state­ment of the reas­ons;

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the date on which any DNA pro­file cre­ated must be de­leted;

g.

the costs and com­pens­a­tion due;

h.

de­tails of any seized prop­erty or as­sets that are to be re­leased or for­feited;

i.

ref­er­ence to the pos­sib­il­ity of re­ject­ing the or­der and the con­sequences of fail­ing to re­ject the or­der;

j.

place and date of is­sue;

k.

the sig­na­ture of the per­son is­su­ing the or­der.

² The pub­lic pro­sec­utor may de­cide on the civil claims in the sum­mary pen­alty or­der pro­ced­ure provided the ac­cused has ac­cep­ted the claims or provided:

a.

the claims may be as­sessed without tak­ing fur­ther evid­ence; and

b.

the amount claimed does not ex­ceed 30 000 francs.²⁴⁸

³ Im­me­di­ate writ­ten no­tice of the sum­mary pen­alty or­der shall be giv­en to per­sons and au­thor­it­ies who are en­titled to re­ject the or­der.