Swiss Criminal Code (SCC) Art. 3

Zusammenfassung der Rechtsnorm SCC:

Art. 3 SCC from 2024

Art. 3 Felonies or misdemeanours in Switzerland

¹ Any person who commits a felony or misdemeanour in Switzerland is subject to this Code.

² If the person concerned has served a sentence in full or in part for the offence in another country, the Swiss court must take the sentence served into account in determining the sentence to be imposed.

³ If the person concerned has been prosecuted in a foreign country at the request of the Swiss authorities, then unless the offence involves a gross violation of the principles of the Federal Constitution or the Convention from 4 November 1950 ⁽¹⁾ for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), he is not prosecuted in Switzerland for the same offence if:

⁴ If the person prosecuted abroad at the request of the Swiss authorities has not served the sentence or has only served it in part, the whole sentence or the remainder shall be served in Switzerland. The court decides whether a measure that has not been executed abroad or has only been served in part must be executed or continued in Switzerland.