{"id":17336,"date":"2020-05-20T14:23:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T12:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/uncategorized\/i-was-fined-chf-3000-is-this-conviction-on-the-criminal-record\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T12:16:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T10:16:30","slug":"i-was-fined-chf-3000-is-this-conviction-on-the-criminal-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/faq-criminal-record\/i-was-fined-chf-3000-is-this-conviction-on-the-criminal-record\/","title":{"rendered":"I was fined CHF 3&#8217;000. Is this conviction on the criminal record?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In principle, no, but as is often the case, there are exceptions!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The fine is the penalty for contraventions only.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>However, according to Art. 3 al. 1 lit c ch. 1 of the Ordinance on the Criminal Record (VOSTRA Ordinance), <strong>offences are entered in the criminal record only when the amount of the fine exceeds CHF 5,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Thus, a conviction for a fine of CHF 3,000 will not be entered in the criminal record.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Please note that a fine of less than CHF 5,000 <strong>may still be entered in the criminal record if : <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>it is a contravention of an Act of Parliament that permits or requires the competent authority to order, in the case of  In the case of a <strong>repeat off<\/strong>ence, a fine of a specified minimum amount or, in addition to a fine, a pecuniary punishment or a custodial sentence (Art. 3 para. 1 lit. c no. 2 O-VOSTRA);<\/li>\n<li>in addition to a fine, the authority will impose a<strong> ban on carrying out an activity, a ban on contact or a geographical ban<\/strong> (art. 3 al. 1 lit c c. 2 O-VOSTRA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find more information on issues related to criminal records on our page <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/owfmamzyv.preview.infomaniak.website\/le-casier-judiciaire\/\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your rights<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/owfmamzyv.preview.infomaniak.website\/equipe\/\"><br \/>\n  <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact one of our lawyers<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In principle, no, but as is often the case, there are exceptions! The fine is the penalty for contraventions only. However, according to Art. 3 al. 1 lit c ch. 1 of the Ordinance on the Criminal Record (VOSTRA Ordinance), offences are entered in the criminal record only when the amount of the fine exceeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4395],"tags":[4444,4421,4448],"class_list":["post-17336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq-criminal-record","tag-criminal-record","tag-fine","tag-ticket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.penalex.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}