SCC Art. 455 -

Einleitung zur Rechtsnorm SCC:

Art. 455 SCC from 2024

Art. 455 B. Prescription

¹ The right to claim damages or satisfaction prescribes in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Obligations ⁽¹⁾ on the law of tort. ⁽²⁾

² If the person who caused the damage committed a criminal offence through his or her conduct, the right to claim damages or satisfaction prescribes at the earliest when the right to prosecute the offence prescribes. If the right to prosecute is no longer liable to prescription because a first instance criminal judgment has been issued, the right to claim damages or satisfaction prescribes at the earliest three years after notice of the judgment is given. ⁽²⁾

³ If the injury is related to the ordering or conduct of a long-term measure, the prescriptive period for a claim against the canton does not begin before the long-term measure ends or is continued by another canton.