Federal Act
on Unfair Competition
(Unfair Competition Act, UCA)


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Art. 23 Unfair competition 49

1 Any per­son who wil­fully com­petes un­fairly in terms of Art­icles 3, 4, 5 or 6 shall on com­plaint be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.50

2 Any per­son who has the right un­der Art­icles 9 or 10 to bring civil pro­ceed­ings may file a crim­in­al com­plaint.

3 The Con­fed­er­a­tion has the rights of a private claimant in the pro­ceed­ings.51

49 Amended by Art. 2 No 1 of the FD of 7 Oct. 2005 on the Ad­op­tion and Im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Coun­cil of Europe Crim­in­al Law Con­ven­tion on Cor­rup­tion and its Ad­di­tion­al Pro­tocol, in force since 1 Ju­ly 2006 (AS 20062371; BBl 20046983).

50 Amended by No II 1 of the FA of 25 Sept. 2015 (Crim­in­al Law on Cor­rup­tion), in force since 1 Ju­ly 2016 (AS 2016 1287; BBl 2014 3591).

51 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 17 June 2011, in force since 1 April 2012 (AS 2011 4909; BBl 2009 6151).

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