Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ An Art­icle 393 ap­peal shall be dealt with by writ­ten pro­ceed­ings.

² If the au­thor­ity up­holds the Art­icle 393 ap­peal, it shall make a new de­cision or quash the con­tested de­cision and refer the case back to the lower court for a new de­cision.

³ If it up­holds an Art­icle 393 ap­peal against a rul­ing abandon­ing pro­ceed­ings, it may is­sue in­struc­tions to the pub­lic pro­sec­utor or the au­thor­ity re­spons­ible for pro­sec­ut­ing con­tra­ven­tions on the con­tinu­ation of the pro­ceed­ings.

⁴ If it holds that there has been a deni­al of justice or un­jus­ti­fied delay, it may is­sue in­struc­tions to the au­thor­ity con­cerned and set time lim­its for its com­pli­ance.

⁵ The court for Art­icle 393 ap­peals shall de­cide with­in six months.²⁶⁸