Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The court of first in­stance shall de­cide in its judg­ment wheth­er a per­son con­victed should be placed or should re­main in pre­vent­ive de­ten­tion:

a.

in or­der to en­sure that a sen­tence or meas­ure is duly ex­ecuted;

b.

with a view to ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings.

² If an ac­cused in de­ten­tion is ac­quit­ted and the court of first in­stance or­ders his or her re­lease, the pub­lic pro­sec­utor may:

a.

ap­ply to the court of first in­stance for the re­lease to be com­bined with meas­ures, giv­ing no­tice of the pen­al­ties un­der Art­icle 292 SCC¹¹⁶, in or­der to en­sure that the per­son re­leased at­tends the ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings. The per­son re­leased and the pub­lic pro­sec­utor may con­test de­cisions on the meas­ures ordered be­fore the court for Art­icle 393 ap­peals;

b.

ap­ply to the court of first in­stance for the dir­ect­or of ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings to or­der the con­tinu­ation of pre­vent­ive de­ten­tion if there is a ser­i­ous and im­me­di­ate risk to the safety of oth­ers as the res­ult of a felony or ser­i­ous mis­de­mean­our. In such a case, the per­son con­cerned shall re­main in de­ten­tion un­til the dir­ect­or of ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings makes a de­cision. The dir­ect­or of ap­pel­late pro­ceed­ings shall de­cide on the ap­plic­a­tion made by the pub­lic pro­sec­utor with­in 5 days of the ap­plic­a­tion be­ing filed.¹¹⁷

³ If the Art­icle 398 ap­peal is with­drawn, the court of first in­stance shall de­cide on how the peri­od spent in de­ten­tion fol­low­ing the judg­ment will be taken in­to ac­count.