Untersuchungshaft · remand (pre-trial detention)
Remand is ordered by the compulsory measures court, not by the public prosecutor alone. It ends when the court of first instance receives the indictment. From then on, the person is held in what the Federal Administration's translation calls preventive detention (Sicherheitshaft).
Request a demoThe term in four languages
- German
- Untersuchungshaft
- French
- détention provisoire
- Italian
- carcerazione preventiva
- English
- remand (pre-trial detention)
Definition
Remand is the deprivation of liberty ordered during the investigation against an accused who is strongly suspected of a felony or misdemeanour. It requires a serious risk of absconding, collusion or reoffending. It is ordered by the compulsory measures court at the public prosecutor's request, for a limited period that may be extended. It ends at the latest when the court of first instance receives the indictment.
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.onDie Untersuchungshaft beginnt mit ihrer Anordnung durch das Zwangsmassnahmengericht und endet mit dem Eingang der Anklage beim erstinstanzlichen Gericht, dem vorzeitigen Antritt einer freiheitsentziehenden Sanktion oder mit der Entlassung der beschuldigten Person während der Untersuchung.
Remand begins when it is ordered by the compulsory measures court and ends with the receipt by the court of first instance of the indictment, the accelerated commencement of a custodial sanction or with the accused's release during the investigation.
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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