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Murder in Swiss law information


Swiss Criminal Code
Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Territorial extentSwitzerland
Enacted byFederal Assembly of Switzerland
Enacted20 December 1937
Commenced1 January 1942
Amended by
01 March 2018
Related legislation
Swiss Military Criminal Code
Status: Current legislation

In Switzerland, articles 111 to 117 of the Swiss Criminal Code[1] detail the various scenarios in which the killing of another person is punishable. Articles 112 to 117 are leges speciales to article 111, meaning that when the conditions of one of the latter are met, article 111 will not be invoked.

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