Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ If the ac­cused ab­sconds dur­ing the pro­ceed­ings or the ex­e­cu­tion of a cus­todi­al sanc­tion, the bail pay­ment shall be for­feited to the Con­fed­er­a­tion or to the can­ton whose court ordered the same.

² If a third party made the bail pay­ment, the for­feit­ure may be waived if the third party provides the au­thor­it­ies with in­form­a­tion in good time to en­able the ac­cused to be ap­pre­hen­ded.

³ The au­thor­ity be­fore which the case is pending or was last pending shall de­cide on the for­feit­ure of the bail pay­ment.

⁴ A for­feited bail pay­ment shall be used in ana­log­ous ap­plic­a­tion of Art­icle 73 SCC¹²⁰ to cov­er the claims of per­sons suf­fer­ing harm and, if a sur­plus re­mains, to cov­er the mon­et­ary pen­al­ties, fines and the pro­ced­ur­al costs. Any sur­plus still re­main­ing shall pass to the Con­fed­er­a­tion or the can­ton.