{"id":17047,"date":"2018-02-18T22:22:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T21:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/your-rights\/what-are-the-sanctions-in-swiss-criminal-law\/"},"modified":"2024-02-03T22:09:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T21:09:46","slug":"what-are-the-sanctions-in-swiss-criminal-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/your-rights\/what-are-the-sanctions-in-swiss-criminal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the sanctions in Swiss criminal law?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1303612256\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle\"  id=\"row-58680064\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1053161838\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h1 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"font-size:82%;\">Sanctions in Swiss criminal law<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h1><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1712977394\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:35%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Penalex_220425_180_\u00a9-Philippe-Weissbrodt-1106x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Penalex_220425_180_\u00a9-Philippe-Weissbrodt-1106x800.jpg 1106w, https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Penalex_220425_180_\u00a9-Philippe-Weissbrodt-553x400.jpg 553w, https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Penalex_220425_180_\u00a9-Philippe-Weissbrodt-768x556.jpg 768w, 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style=\"background-color:rgb(248, 248, 248);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 75%;\">Swiss criminal law distinguishes between penalties and measures<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">Penalties <\/span>\n<\/strong>are intended to punish the offender. Although they aim to resocialize the offender, they focus primarily on the offender&#8217;s past behaviour, i.e. the offence committed. Swiss criminal law has a&nbsp;numerus clausus of sentences. Thus, in accordance with the principle of legality (1 CP), only the penalties provided for by the law may be pronounced. Since January 1, 2018 and the amendment of the law of penalties, there are only three types of penalties in Switzerland, namely:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">\n  <strong>sentence of deprivation of liberty<\/strong>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>the <strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">monetary penalty or day-fine<\/span>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>l&#8217; <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">\n  <strong>fine<\/strong>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the exception of fines, these sentences may be suspended&nbsp;&nbsp; when the conditions for the suspension are met: no previous serious offence during the five years preceding the new offence, no unfavourable prognosis regarding the perpetrator&#8217;s future behaviour and the length of the sentence imposed is compatible with the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">\n  <strong>reprieve<\/strong>\n<\/span> implies that the sentence pronounced will not be executed by the convicted person as long as he does not commit new offences during a determined period of time (probationary period), which starts after the judgment of the enforceable sentence. There are two forms of deferment: full deferment and partial deferment.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">full reprieve<\/span>\n<\/strong>&nbsp;(the entire sentence is suspended) is possible as long as the sentence imposed does not exceed 24 months.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">partial deferral<\/span>\n<\/strong>&nbsp;(only part of the sentence is suspended and the other part is executed) is possible as long as the overall sentence imposed does not exceed 36 months. Beyond 36 months of deprivation of liberty, a suspended sentence is no longer possible. Thus, in a large number of cases, the challenge for the accused will be mainly to obtain a sentence whose duration will still be compatible with a suspended sentence.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1362797064 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-830821910\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:rgb(248, 248, 248);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">The Measures<\/span>\n<\/strong>&nbsp;are primarily intended to protect society from the commission of future crimes and potentially dangerous behavior. They are thus oriented towards the future and the protection of society, and focus little on the past behavior of the offender. For this reason it is possible to pronounce a measure against the perpetrator of an offence, even though he is criminally irresponsible and cannot be sentenced to a penalty. But measures can also be pronounced in conjunction with a sentence when, in addition to the sentence that punishes the perpetrator&#8217;s past behavior, the aim is to protect society from his future behavior by pronouncing a measure. As with penalties, the principle of legality requires that only measures provided for by law may be pronounced. Two categories of measures exist: therapeutic measures and internment on the one hand, and other measures on the other.<\/p>\n<p>Therapeutic measures and internment&nbsp;consist of the following measures<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">institutional therapeutic measures<\/span> &#8211; treatment of mental disorders, addictions and measures for young adults<\/li>\n<li> <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">outpatient treatment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">internment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">life imprisonment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>With regard to&nbsp;the <strong>\n  <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">other measures<\/span>\n<\/strong>these are the following measures:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>the <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">preventive bond<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">expulsion<\/span><\/li>\n<li>the<span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">prohibition to carry out an activity<\/span><\/li>\n<li>the<span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">contact ban<\/span> and the<span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">geographical ban<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">driving prohibition<\/span><\/li>\n<li>the <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">publication of the judgment<\/span><\/li>\n<li>the different forms of <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">confiscation<\/span> (dangerous objects, assets), the <span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">compensatory claim<\/span> and the<span style=\"color: #bd4d5b;\">allowance to the injured party<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-830821910 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-973191996\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1333189385\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"accordion\">\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3924779788\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3924779788-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-the-monetary-penalty\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3924779788-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>The monetary penalty<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3924779788-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3924779788-label\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>The&nbsp;pecuniary punishment (PPec), also known as&nbsp;days-fine, is a sanction that hits the convicted person exclusively in his patrimony.<\/p>\n<p>Many crimes and offences in the Swiss penal code provide for a pecuniary penalty as an alternative to the custodial sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The monetary penalty is set in two stages.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, the judge will determine the number of days of the fine based on the guilt of the accused. The maximum number of days is limited to 180 days, which implies that when the culpability of the perpetrator exceeds 180 days a pecuniary punishment can no longer be pronounced and only the deprivation of liberty will be possible.<\/li>\n<li>Then, once the number of days is fixed, the judge will assign a value to each day, taking into account the personal and economic situation of the author at the time of the judgment. The minimum value of each day&#8217;s fine is CHF 30, exceptionally CHF 10, and&nbsp;the maximum value of each day&#8217;s fine can be up to CHF 3&#8217;000.<br>&nbsp;In the event of non-payment of the fine, it may be converted into an alternative custodial sentence, with one day&#8217;s fine being equivalent to one day&#8217;s custodial sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The financial penalty&nbsp;can be pronounced with a full suspended sentence.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1372077237\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1372077237-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-the-custodial-sentence\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1372077237-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>The custodial sentence<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1372077237-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1372077237-label\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>The&nbsp;custodial sentence (PPL)&nbsp;is the sentence by which the convict is deprived of his liberty. In common parlance, it corresponds to imprisonment or a prison sentence and therefore affects the convicted person&#8217;s freedom.<\/p>\n<p>But one of its goals is also to improve the inmate&#8217;s social behavior, in particular to teach him how to live without committing crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the offences in the Swiss Penal Code and all crimes are punishable by deprivation of liberty.<\/p>\n<p>In Swiss criminal law, the minimum sentence of deprivation of liberty is set at 3 days and its maximum&nbsp;limited to 20 years. For certain particularly serious offences, such as murder, the sentence of deprivation of liberty may be pronounced&nbsp;for life. Other offences provide for specific&nbsp;minima&nbsp;and&nbsp;maxima&nbsp;in terms of deprivation of liberty. Thus, in Switzerland, rape will be punishable by a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 10 years except in aggravating circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Custodial sentences are served in closed or open facilities. In some cases, they can be executed &#8220;at home&#8221; with the installation of an electronic bracelet&nbsp;&nbsp; or under the regime of&nbsp;semi-detention, which allows the convicted person to go to work during the day and to return to the penitentiary at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>The custodial sentence&nbsp;can be imposed with a full suspended sentence of up to 24 months and a partial suspended sentence of up to 36 months.<\/p>\n<p>The prisoner sentenced to a custodial sentence will also have the possibility of being conditionally released (parole) once he has served 2\/3 of his sentence, or even half in exceptional circumstances, or 15 years in the case of a life sentence &nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-372868658\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-372868658-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-the-fine\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-372868658-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>The fine<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-372868658-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-372868658-label\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>The fine&nbsp;is the penalty that applies exclusively to contraventions. However, it can also be imposed as an immediate fine for crimes or offenses for which a suspended sentence has been handed down.<\/p>\n<p>The fine affects the convicted person&#8217;s assets.<\/p>\n<p>The law does not set a minimum, but limits its maximum&nbsp;to CHF 10&#8217;000.00&nbsp;unless otherwise provided by law. Thus, it is not uncommon, especially in the financial or customs fields, to be confronted with fines exceeding CHF 10&#8217;000.<\/p>\n<p>When the judge sentences the accused to a fine, he must simultaneously set a&nbsp;alternative custodial sentence&nbsp;in case the convicted person does not pay the fine.<\/p>\n<p>The fine can never be suspended&nbsp;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-453742993\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-453742993-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-the-expulsion\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-453742993-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>The expulsion<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-453742993-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-453742993-label\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>Expulsion from Switzerland&nbsp;is one of the measures&nbsp;that the judge can pronounce against the foreign perpetrator of an offence. &nbsp;Considering the extreme consequences that it entails for the person it strikes, it has become one of the major issues of the new criminal law of sanctions. Swiss law distinguishes between compulsory and voluntary expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of compulsory deportation, the judge is obliged to order deportation when the offender is a foreigner &#8211; regardless of his or her residence status &#8211; and is convicted of one of the offences listed exhaustively in the catalog of Article 66a of the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n<p>Expulsion is thus pronounced when the perpetrator has, for example, committed murder, grievous bodily harm, rape, a serious offence under the Narcotics Law, but also burglary (theft with housebreaking) or social welfare fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory deportation is imposed for a period of between&nbsp;5 years and 15 years. In case of recidivism the expulsion is pronounced for a period of&nbsp;20 years&nbsp;and can also be pronounced&nbsp;for life&nbsp;if the offender has recidivated while still under a previous expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>The compulsory expulsion thus leaves&nbsp;practically no room for manoeuvre&nbsp;to the judge who, when one of the offences in the catalog is committed, must pronounce the expulsion. In exceptional cases, however, for example when the offender was born or raised in Switzerland, the judge may&nbsp;waive expulsion&nbsp;if this would put the convicted person in a serious personal situation and if the public interest in expulsion does not outweigh the private interest of the foreigner to remain in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the optional expulsion&nbsp;depends entirely on the judge&#8217;s discretion. 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