Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If grounds for re­cus­al in terms of Art­icle 56 let­ter a or f are claimed or if a per­son act­ing for a crim­in­al justice au­thor­ity op­poses a party ap­plic­a­tion for re­cus­al based on Art­icle 56 let­ters b–e, the fol­low­ing au­thor­it­ies shall de­cide without tak­ing ad­di­tion­al evid­ence:²²

a.

the pub­lic pro­sec­utor if mat­ter relates to the po­lice;

b.

the ob­jec­tions court if the mat­ter relates to the pub­lic pro­sec­utor, the au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing con­tra­ven­tions or the courts of first in­stance;

c.

the court of ap­peal if the mat­ter relates to the ob­jec­tions court or in­di­vidu­al mem­bers of the court of ap­peal;

d.²³

the Fed­er­al Crim­in­al Court if the mat­ter relates to an en­tire can­ton­al court of ap­peal.

² The de­cision shall be is­sued in writ­ing and with a state­ment of reas­ons.

³ Un­til the de­cision is is­sued, the per­son con­cerned shall con­tin­ue to ex­er­cise his of­fice.

⁴ If the ap­plic­a­tion is ap­proved, the pro­ced­ur­al costs are borne by the Con­fed­er­a­tion or the can­ton. If it is re­jec­ted or was clearly sub­mit­ted too late or vex­a­tious, the costs are borne by the ap­plic­ant.