Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The in­dict­ment shall con­tain:

a.

the de­tails re­quired in ac­cord­ance with Art­icles 325 and 326;

b.

de­tails of the sen­tence;

c.

de­tails of any meas­ures;

d.

in­struc­tions re­lated to the im­pos­i­tion of a sus­pen­ded sen­tence;

e.

the re­voc­a­tion of sus­pen­ded sen­tences or pa­role;

f.

the ar­range­ments made with re­gard to the civil claims filed by the private claimant;

g.

the de­tails on costs and com­pens­a­tion;

h.

no­tice to the parties that by con­sent­ing to the in­dict­ment, they waive their rights to or­din­ary pro­ceed­ings and their rights of ap­peal.

² The pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall serve the in­dict­ment on the parties. The parties must de­clare with­in ten days wheth­er they con­sent to the in­dict­ment or not. Con­sent is ir­re­voc­able.

³ If a private claimant fails to give writ­ten no­tice re­ject­ing the in­dict­ment with­in the dead­line set, he or she is deemed to have con­sen­ted to it.

⁴ If the parties con­sent, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall pass the in­dict­ment with the files to the court of first in­stance.

⁵ If any party re­jects the in­dict­ment, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall con­duct or­din­ary pre­lim­in­ary pro­ceed­ings.