Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The private claimant is en­titled to ap­pro­pri­ate com­pens­a­tion from the ac­cused for costs in­curred in the pro­ceed­ings if:

a.

the claim is suc­cess­ful; or

b.

the ac­cused is li­able to pay costs in terms of Art­icle 426 para­graph 2.

² The private claimant must sub­mit his or her com­pens­a­tion claim to the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity, and quanti­fy and sub­stan­ti­ate the same. If he or she fails to ful­fil this ob­lig­a­tion, the crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity shall not con­sider the claim