Epidemics Act (EpidA)
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Art. 82 Misdemeanours
1 Unless a more serious offence under the Swiss Criminal Code has been committed, any person who wilfully commits any of the following acts shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty: a. failing to take the required containment measures when working with dangerous pathogens in contained systems (Art. 26); b. releasing or marketing pathogens for experimental purposes without a licence (Art. 27); c. marketing pathogens without duly informing customers about their health-related properties and risks and about the required precautionary and preventive measures (Art. 28); d. breaching restrictions on certain activities or the practice of a profession (Art. 38). 2 A person acting through negligence shall be liable to a monetary penalty for misdemeanours under paragraph 1.
Para. 1 — SR 311.0
Art. 83 Contraventions
1 Any person who wilfully commits any of the following acts shall be liable to a fine: a. failing to comply with the duty to report (Art. 12); b. conducting a microbiological test to detect communicable diseases without a licence (Art. 16); c. failing to comply with the regulations on preventing the transmission of diseases (Art. 19); d. issuing an international certificate of vaccination or of other prophylaxis without a licence (Art. 23); e. failing to comply with the duty of care when handling pathogens or their toxic products (Art. 25); f. failing to comply with other regulations on handling pathogens (Art. 29); g. failing to comply with a medical monitoring order (Art. 34); h. failing to comply with a quarantine or isolation order (Art. 35); i. failing to comply with a medical examination order (Art. 36); j. failing to comply with measures in relation to the population (Art. 40); k. failing to comply with regulations relating to entering or leaving Switzerland (Art. 41); l. failin
Para. 1 let. n — Inserted by No I of the FA of 19 June 2020 (AS 2020 2191, 2727; 2021 878 No III 3; BBl 2020 4461; 2021 2515). Amended by Annex No 2 of the FA of 16 Dec. 2022, in force from 1 Jan. 2023 to 30 June 2024 (AS 2022 817; BBl 2022 1549).
Art. 84 Jurisdiction and Administrative Criminal Law
1 The prosecution and adjudication of offences is a matter for the cantons. 2 Articles 6, 7 (offences by businesses) and 15 (forgery of documents, obtaining a false certificate by fraud) of the Federal Act of 22 March 1974 on Administrative Criminal Law also apply to the cantonal authorities.
Para. 2 — SR 313.0