Federal Act
on the Protection of the Swiss Coat of Arms and Other Public Signs
(Coat of Arms Protection Act, CAPA)

¹ Any per­son who wil­fully and un­law­fully com­mits any of the fol­low­ing acts is li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing one year or a mon­et­ary pen­alty:

a.

af­fixes do­mest­ic or for­eign pub­lic signs pro­tec­ted un­der this Act or signs that could be con­fused with them to items, or who sells, makes avail­able, im­ports, ex­ports or car­ries in trans­it or oth­er­wise places on the mar­ket items marked in this way;

b.

uses the signs un­der let­ter a on of­fice signs, in ad­vert­ise­ments, pro­spect­uses, busi­ness pa­pers, in­ter­net sites or the like;

c.

uses the signs un­der let­ter a for ser­vices or ad­vert­ises ser­vices with such signs;

d.

uses an of­fi­cial des­ig­na­tion or a des­ig­na­tion that could be con­fused with it;

e.

uses a do­mest­ic or for­eign na­tion­al fig­ur­at­ive or word sign.

² If the of­fend­er acts for com­mer­cial gain, the pen­alty is a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty. The cus­todi­al sen­tence shall be com­bined with a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

³ Art­icle 64 TmPA¹⁰ re­mains re­served.