Federal Act
on Weapons, Weapon Accessories and Ammunition
(Weapons Act, WA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully car­ries out any of the fol­low­ing acts is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty:

a.¹⁵⁶

of­fers for ac­quis­i­tion, trans­fers pos­ses­sion of, brokers, ac­quires, pos­sesses, man­u­fac­tures, al­ters, mod­i­fies, car­ries, ex­ports to a Schen­gen state or brings in­to Switzer­land weapons, es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies, am­muni­tion or am­muni­tion com­pon­ents un­law­fully;

a^bis.¹⁵⁷ re­moves, ef­faces, al­ters or adds to the pre­scribed mark­ing of fire­arms, their es­sen­tial com­pon­ents or ac­cessor­ies in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 18a un­law­fully;

b.

brings in­to Switzer­land, as the hold­er of a weapons trad­ing per­mit, weapons, es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies, am­muni­tion or am­muni­tion com­pon­ents without re­gis­ter­ing these ob­jects or de­clar­ing them cor­rectly;

c.

ob­tains a weapons trad­ing per­mit un­der false pre­tences by provid­ing in­cor­rect or in­com­plete in­form­a­tion;

d.

vi­ol­ates their ob­lig­a­tions un­der Art­icle 21;

e.

as the hold­er of a weapons trad­ing per­mit fails to keep weapons, es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies, am­muni­tion or am­muni­tion com­pon­ents in a safe place (Art. 17 para. 2 let. d);

f.¹⁵⁸

as the hold­er of a weapons trad­ing per­mit:

1.

man­u­fac­tures or brings in­to Switzer­land fire­arms, their es­sen­tial com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies or am­muni­tion without mark­ing these ob­jects in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 18a or 18b,

2.

of­fers for ac­quis­i­tion, ac­quires, trans­fers pos­ses­sion of or brokers fire­arms, their es­sen­tial com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies or am­muni­tion that are not marked in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 18a or 18b,

3.

of­fers for ac­quis­i­tion, ac­quires, trans­fers pos­ses­sion of or brokers fire­arms, their es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies or am­muni­tion that have been brought in­to Switzer­land un­law­fully;

g.

as a per­son in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 7 para­graph 1, of­fers for ac­quis­i­tion, trans­fers pos­ses­sion of or brokers weapons, es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies, am­muni­tion or am­muni­tion com­pon­ents and who is not able to pro­duce an ex­emp­tion per­mit in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 7 para­graph 2.

² If the per­pet­rat­or acts neg­li­gently, he or she is li­able to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.¹⁵⁹

³ Any per­son who wil­fully and on a com­mer­cial basis un­law­fully:

a.¹⁶⁰

of­fers for ac­quis­i­tion, trans­fers pos­ses­sion of, brokers, man­u­fac­tures, re­pairs, al­ters, mod­i­fies, takes to a Schen­gen state or brings in­to Switzer­land weapons, es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies, am­muni­tion or am­muni­tion com­pon­ents;

b.¹⁶¹

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c.¹⁶²

of­fers for ac­quis­i­tion, ac­quires, trans­fers pos­ses­sion of or brokers fire­arms, their es­sen­tial or spe­cially de­signed weapon com­pon­ents, weapon ac­cessor­ies or am­muni­tion that have not been marked in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 18a or 18b, or that have been brought in­to Switzer­land un­law­fully;

is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.