Strafbefehl · summary penalty order
A summary penalty order allows the public prosecutor to impose a sentence without a trial hearing. Its Italian name, decreto d'accusa, has no direct equivalent in the Italian of Italy, which makes it a marker of Swiss law. In English, avoid penalty notice: the Federal Administration's translation says summary penalty order.
Request a demoThe term in four languages
- German
- Strafbefehl
- French
- ordonnance pénale
- Italian
- decreto d'accusa
- English
- summary penalty order
Definition
A summary penalty order is the decision by which the public prosecutor convicts the accused without court proceedings. It requires that the accused has accepted responsibility for the offence or that the facts are otherwise satisfactorily established. The sentence considered appropriate must also stay within the limits set by the Criminal Procedure Code. The accused may file a written objection within ten days; otherwise the order becomes a final judgment.
Swiss federal acts are published in German, French and Italian, and all three versions are equally authoritative. The English term shown here comes from the Federal Administration's English translation, published on Fedlex for information only. Where there is no translation, it follows common usage.
Full glossaryThe term in an official text
powered by Neur.onHat die beschuldigte Person im Vorverfahren den Sachverhalt eingestanden oder ist dieser anderweitig ausreichend geklärt, so erlässt die Staatsanwaltschaft einen Strafbefehl, wenn sie, unter Einrechnung einer allfällig zu widerrufenden bedingten Strafe oder bedingten Entlassung, eine der folgenden Strafen für ausreichend hält: a. eine Busse; b. eine Geldstrafe von höchstens 180 Tagessätzen; c. … d. eine Freiheitsstrafe von höchstens 6 Monaten.
If the accused has accepted responsibility for the offence in the preliminary proceedings or if his or her responsibility has otherwise been satisfactorily established, the public prosecutor shall issue a summary penalty order if, having taken account of any suspended sentence or parole order that must be revoked, it regards any of the following sentences as appropriate: a. a fine; b. a monetary penalty of no more than 180 daily penalty units; c. … d. a custodial sentence of no more than 6 months.
Source: Fedlex, Swiss Criminal Procedure Code. In Corrext, this segment and the ones around it appear in Fast lookup CHnell, each with its reference.
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