Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ Any per­son who wishes to seek an ap­pel­late rem­edy for which this Code stip­u­lates a writ­ten pro­ced­ure must file the rel­ev­ant pe­ti­tion.

² If the ap­pel­late rem­edy is not ob­vi­ously in­ad­miss­ible or un­jus­ti­fied, the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings shall send the pe­ti­tion to the oth­er parties and the lower court to ob­tain their re­sponse. If the pe­ti­tion can­not be sent to a party or if a party fails to re­spond, the pro­ceed­ings shall nev­er­the­less be con­tin­ued.

³ The ap­pel­late au­thor­ity shall if ne­ces­sary or­der a second ex­change of writ­ten sub­mis­sions.

⁴ It shall make its de­cision by way of cir­cu­la­tion or by de­lib­er­at­ing in cam­era based on the files and any ad­di­tion­al evid­ence taken.

⁵ It may or­der a hear­ing ex of­fi­cio at the re­quest of a party.