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OWiG-EN · 147 sections

Section 1Definition Section 2Substantive application Section 3No sanctioning without a law Section 4Temporal application Section 5Territorial application Section 6Time of the act Section 7Place of the act Section 8Commission of an act by omission Section 9Acting for another Section 10Intent and negligence Section 11Error Section 12Responsibility Section 13Attempt Section 14Participation Section 15Necessary defence Section 16Necessity as justification Section 17Amount of regulatory fine Section 18Easier means of payment Section 19Act constituting more than one violation Section 20Commission of more than one violation Section 21Concurrence of criminal offence and regulatory offence Section 22Confiscation of objects Section 23Extended prerequisites for confiscation Section 24Principle of proportionality Section 25Confiscation of replacement value Section 26Effect of confiscation Section 27Order in its own right Section 28Compensation Section 29Special provision for entities and representatives Section 29aConfiscation of the value of the proceeds of an offence Section 30Regulatory fine imposed on legal persons and on associations of persons Section 31Prosecution barred by the statute of limitation Section 32Period of limitation tolled by statute Section 33Period of limitation interrupted Section 34Execution subject to the statute of limitations Section 35Prosecution and sanctioning by the administrative authority Section 36Substantive jurisdiction of the administrative authority Section 37Local jurisdiction of the administrative authority Section 38Connected regulatory offences Section 39Jurisdiction of more than one authority Section 40Prosecution by the public prosecution office Section 41Transfer of the case to the public prosecution office Section 42The public prosecution office taking over the case Section 43Transfer of the case to the administrative authority Section 44Binding effect for the administrative authority Section 45Jurisdiction of the court Section 46Application of the provisions regarding criminal proceedings Section 47Prosecution of regulatory offences Section 48Section 48 Section 49Inspection of the files by the person concerned and by the administrative authority Section 49aEx officio transmission encompassing several sets of proceedings Section 49bTransmission encompassing several sets of proceedings in response to requests; other use of data for purposes encompassing several sets of proceedings Section 49cArrangements relating to files Section 49dProtection of personal data in an electronic file Section 50Information as to measures taken by the administrative authority Section 51Procedure for service effected by the administrative authority Section 52Restoration of the status quo ante Section 53Responsibilities of the police Section 54Section 54 Section 55Hearing of the person concerned Section 56Cautioning by the administrative authority Section 57Cautioning by officials on external duty and by police officers Section 58Authorisation of cautioning Section 59Remuneration of experts, interpreters and translators, compensation of witnesses and third parties Section 60Defence Section 61Conclusion of investigations Section 62Legal remedy against measures of the administrative authority Section 63Participation of the administrative authority Section 64Public charges extended to the regulatory offence Section 65General Section 66Contents of the regulatory fining notice Section 67Form and time limit Section 68Court with jurisdiction Section 69Intermediate proceedings Section 70Court decision on the admissibility of an objection Section 71Main hearing Section 72Decision in a ruling Section 73Presence of the person concerned at the main hearing Section 74Proceedings in absentia Section 75Attendance of the public prosecution office at the main hearing Section 76Participation of the administrative authority Section 77Scope of the taking of evidence Section 77aSimplified procedure for taking evidence Section 77bDispensing with stating reasoning for the judgment Section 78Other measures simplifying the proceedings Section 79Complaint on a point of law Section 80Leave to lodge a complaint on a point of law Section 80aComposition of the regulatory fining divisions of the higher regional courts Section 81Transition from regulatory fining proceedings to criminal proceedings Section 82Imposition of a regulatory fine in criminal proceedings Section 83Proceedings relating to regulatory offences and criminal offences Section 84Effect of the legal force Section 85Re-opening of the proceedings Section 86Rescission of the regulatory fining notice in criminal proceedings Section 87Order for confiscation Section 88Assessment of the regulatory fine against legal persons and associations of persons Section 89Enforceability of decisions concerning regulatory fines Section 90Enforcement of regulatory fining notices Section 91Enforcement of the decision concerning regulatory fines issued by the court Section 92Enforcement authority Section 93Easier means of payment Section 94Offsetting of instalments Section 95Collection of the regulatory fine Section 96Ordering of coercive detention Section 97Enforcement of coercive detention Section 98Enforcement against juveniles and adolescents Section 99Enforcement of incidental consequences constituting an obligation to effect payment Section 100Subsequent decisions on confiscation Section 101Enforcement against the estate Section 102Subsequent criminal proceedings Section 103Decision of the court Section 104Procedure in case of court decisions Section 105Decision on costs Section 106Assessment of costs Section 107Fees and expenses Section 108Legal remedy and enforcement Section 108aSection 108a Section 109Costs in case of withdrawal and rejection of objection Section 109aSection 109a Section 110Section 110 Section 110aElectronic filing; power to issue statutory instruments Section 110bElectronic forms; empowerment to issue statutory instruments Section 110cCorresponding application of the Code of Criminal Procedure to filing and communication in proceedings Section 111Stating false names Section 112Violation of the house rules of a legislative organ Section 113Unauthorised gatherings Section 114Entering military installations Section 115Contact with prisoners Section 116Public instigation to regulatory offences Section 117Non-permissible noise Section 118Public nuisance Section 119Grossly offensive and disturbing acts Section 120Prohibition to engage in prostitution Section 121Keeping dangerous animals Section 122Total intoxication Section 123Confiscation, rendering unusable Section 124Use of coats of arms or official flags Section 125Use of the red cross or of the Swiss coat of arms Section 126Abuse of vocational clothing or badges Section 127Production or utilisation of items which may be used to falsify money or documents Section 128Production or dissemination of prints similar to paper money or illustrations Section 129Confiscation Section 130Section 130 Section 131Section 131 Section 132Restriction of basic rights Section 133Transitional provisions Section 134Transitional arrangement regarding the Act on the Introduction of Electronic Files in Criminal Matters and the Further Promotion of Electronic Legal Transactions (Gesetz zur Einführung der elektronischen Akte in Strafsachen und zur weiteren Förderung des elektronischen Rechtsverkehrs); powers to issue statutory instruments

Section 54

Section 54

Repealed

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