Last Updated on March 21, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
- A house, an apartment or another room that is not generally accessible may only be searched with the consent of the authorized person.
(Art. 244 Abs. 1 StPO)
- This consent is not necessary if it is suspected that wanted persons are present in these rooms, that there are traces of crime or objects or assets to be confiscated, or that criminal offenses are being committed
(Art. 244 Para. 2 StPO).
The latter is about catching criminals in the act. To do this, the public prosecutor must order a house search.
https://www.teichmann-law.ch/blog/2022/Hausdurchsuchung-Was-muss-ich-tun.html
And one thing Peter Gamma, Physiologist & Director of the Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS) has learned is how important is is to have a lawyer if we live in a building like the one of the MRIS: