Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The court of first in­stance shall con­duct a tri­al.

² At the tri­al, the court shall ques­tion the ac­cused and es­tab­lish wheth­er:

a.

he or she ad­mits the mat­ters on which the charges are based; and

b.

this ad­mis­sion cor­res­ponds to the cir­cum­stances set out in the files.

³ If ne­ces­sary, the court shall also ques­tion oth­er parties present.

⁴ No pro­ced­ure for tak­ing evid­ence shall be con­duc­ted.