Federal Act on Forest
(Forest Act, ForA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully and without au­thor­isa­tion⁶³:

a.

mis­uses forestry build­ings and in­stall­a­tions;

b.

re­stricts the ac­cess­ib­il­ity of the forest;

c.

fails to com­ply with ac­cess­ib­il­ity re­stric­tions ac­cord­ing to Art­icle 14;

d.

drives in the forest or on forest roads with mo­tor vehicles;

e.

fells trees in the forest;

f.

hinders in­vest­ig­a­tions or provides un­true or in­com­plete in­form­a­tion or re­fuses to provide in­form­a­tion in breach of the ob­lig­a­tion to provide in­form­a­tion;

g.

fails to com­ply with­in or out­side of the forest with the reg­u­la­tions on meas­ures for the pre­ven­tion and re­medi­ation of forest dam­age and meas­ures against dis­eases and pests that may threaten the forest in­tern­ally; Art­icle 233 of the Crim­in­al Code⁶⁴ is re­served;

h.

fails to com­ply with the reg­u­la­tions on the ori­gin, use, trade in and safe­guard­ing of forest re­pro­duct­ive ma­ter­i­al. If an of­fence is at the same time an of­fence against the cus­toms le­gis­la­tion, it is pro­sec­uted and judged un­der the Cus­toms Act of 1 Oc­to­ber 1925⁶⁵;

shall be li­able to a mon­et­ary pen­alty not ex­ceed­ing 20,000 Swiss francs.

² At­tempts and com­pli­city are also of­fences.

³ If the of­fend­er acts neg­li­gently, the pen­alty is a fine.

⁴ The can­tons may sanc­tion of­fences against can­ton­al law as con­tra­ven­tions.