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# Swiss Criminal Code (SCC)

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## Swiss Criminal Code (SCC)

SR 311.0 — Swiss Criminal Code of 21 December 1937.

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## Preamble

The Federal Assembly the Swiss Confederation, based on Article 123 paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Federal Constitution,and having considered a Federal Council Dispatch dated 23 July 1918, decrees:

SR 101 Amended by No I of the FA of 30 Sept. 2011 in force since 1 July 2012 (AS 2012 2575; BBl 2010 5651 5677). BBl 1918 IV 1

## Contents

1\. General Provisions — 139 articles 2. Specific Provisions — 280 articles 3. Introduction and Application of the Code — 58 articles 4. Final Provisions of the Amendment of 18 March 1971 — 0 articles 5. Final Provisions of the Amendment of 13 December 2002 — 0 articles 6. Transitional Provision to the Amendment of 26 September 2014 — 0 articles 7. Transitional Provision to the Amendment of 12 December 2014 — 0 articles 8. Transitional Provision to the Amendment of 19 June 2015 — 0 articles

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