Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ In the event of a dis­pute over jur­is­dic­tion between crim­in­al justice au­thor­it­ies in the same can­ton, the Of­fice of the Chief Can­ton­al Pro­sec­utor or Can­ton­al At­tor­ney Gen­er­al shall de­cide or, if there is no such of­fice, the can­ton­al ob­jec­tions court.¹⁷

² In the event of a dis­pute over jur­is­dic­tion between crim­in­al justice au­thor­it­ies in dif­fer­ent can­tons, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor of the can­ton that was first to deal with the mat­ter shall sub­mit the is­sue im­me­di­ately, and in every case be­fore bring­ing charges, to the Fed­er­al Crim­in­al Court for de­cision.

³ The au­thor­ity com­pet­ent to de­cide on the place of jur­is­dic­tion may spe­cify a place of jur­is­dic­tion oth­er than that provided for in Art­icles 31–37 if this is re­quired due to the fo­cus of the crim­in­al activ­ity or the per­son­al cir­cum­stances of the ac­cused or if there is oth­er just cause.