Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If a party wishes to con­test the jur­is­dic­tion of the au­thor­ity con­duct­ing the crim­in­al pro­ceed­ings, he or she must im­me­di­ately re­quest the au­thor­ity to trans­fer the case to the com­pet­ent crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity.

² The parties may file an ob­jec­tion with­in 10 days with the au­thor­ity re­spons­ible for the de­cision on the place of jur­is­dic­tion in terms of Art­icle 40 against the de­cision on the place of jur­is­dic­tion (Art. 39 para. 2) made by the pub­lic pro­sec­utors con­cerned. If the pub­lic pro­sec­utors have agreed on an al­tern­at­ive place of jur­is­dic­tion (Art. 38 para. 1), only the party whose re­quest un­der para­graph 1 is re­jec­ted has the right to file an ob­jec­tion.