Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall ques­tion the per­sons in­volved and then pass the files to the com­puls­ory meas­ures court. The court shall or­der the meas­ures men­tioned in Art­icle 66 SCC²⁵⁶. The per­son con­cerned may file an ob­jec­tion against an or­der of de­ten­tion with the ob­jec­tions court.

² The per­son threatened has the same rights as a private claimant. He or she may where this is jus­ti­fied be re­quired to lodge se­cur­ity for the costs of the pro­ceed­ings and for com­pens­a­tion.

³ The per­son al­leged to have made the threat has the rights of an ac­cused.

⁴ Where money bail in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 66 para­graph 3 SCC is for­feited to the state, a rul­ing there­on shall be is­sued in ap­plic­a­tion of Art­icle 240.

⁵ If a per­son threatens im­me­di­ate danger, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor may place this per­son pro­vi­sion­ally in de­ten­tion or take oth­er pro­tect­ive meas­ures. The pub­lic pro­sec­utor shall bring the per­son im­me­di­ately be­fore the com­pet­ent com­puls­ory meas­ures court; this court shall de­cide on wheth­er to or­der de­ten­tion.