At the federal level, the Public Prosecutor's Office is the Public Prosecutor's Office.

¹ The Public Ministry of the Confederation is based in Bern.

² It can create and delete antennas.

¹ The Attorney General of the Confederation (Attorney General) heads the Public Prosecutor's Office.

² In particular, it is responsible for:

A.

Ensure the professionalism and effectiveness of criminal prosecution in cases under federal jurisdiction;

B.

To establish and operate a rational organization;

C.

Ensure effective allocation of human resources, financial resources and infrastructure.

³ The Attorney General lays down a regulation on the organisation and administration of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

¹ The Attorney General has two substitutes (Deputy Prosecutors General).

² Deputy Prosecutors General shall have the same powers as the Attorney General when they replace him.

Each unit of the Public Prosecutor's Office is headed by a Chief Prosecutor.

Each prosecutor is assigned to one of the units of the Public Prosecutor's Office or directly attached to the Attorney General.

¹ Directives may be issued:

A.

The Attorney General, to the address of all employees of the Public Prosecutor's Office;

B.

The chief prosecutors, to the employees who are subordinate to them.

² The Attorney General and the Chief Prosecutors may also, in a particular case, give instructions on the initiation, conduct or closure of the proceedings, in support of the prosecution or in the course of appeal.

Orders for classification, non-entry or suspension of proceedings shall be subject to approval by one of the following persons:

A.

The chief prosecutor, when rendered by a prosecutor;

B.

The Attorney General, when rendered by a Chief Prosecutor.

¹ Have standing to appeal:

A.

The prosecutor who charged the accused and supported the accused;

B.

The chief prosecutor responsible for the unit that charged the accused and supported the accused;

C.

The Attorney General.

² The persons referred to in para. 1 may restrict the use of certain aspects, withdraw them or transform appeals into joint appeals.

¹ The Public Ministry of Confederation administered itself.

² It is its services and requires the necessary staff.

³ He keeps his own accounts.

¹ The Prosecutor General shall submit each year his draft budget and accounts to the Supervisory Authority of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (Supervisory Authority) for the Federal Assembly; he shall also submit his report on The activity of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

² In particular, the report contains information on:

A.

The internal organisation of the Public Prosecutor's Office;

B.

Directives of general application;

C.

The number and type of closed and business cases and the workload of the different units;

D.

The use of human resources, financial resources and infrastructure;

E.

The number and outcome of appeals lodged against the ordinances and acts of procedure of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

¹ The Federal Department of Finance makes available, manages and maintains the buildings used by the Federal Ministry of Finance. It shall take appropriate account of the needs of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

² The Public Prosecutor's Office covers the supply of goods and services in the field of logistics in an autonomous manner.

³ The Convention between the Federal Court and the Federal Council referred to in Art. 25 A , para. 3, of the Act of 17 June 2005 on the Federal Court ¹ Shall apply mutatis mutandis to the arrangements for cooperation between the Federal Ministry of the Confederation and the Federal Department of Finance, subject to the conclusion of a different convention between the Public Ministry of Confederation and the Federal Ministry of Finance. Federal Council.

The Attorney General lays down guidelines for informing the public about pending proceedings.

¹ The Federal Assembly (Chambers meeting) elects the Attorney General and Deputy Prosecutors General.

^1bis Anyone who has the right to vote in federal matters is eligible. ¹

² The Attorney General appoints the other prosecutors. It may restrict its choice to persons who have the right to vote in federal matters. ²

³ The period of office is four years. It starts on 1 ^Er January following the beginning of the National Council.

The authority may revoke a member of the Public Prosecutor's Office before the end of its period of office in the following cases:

A.

It has committed a serious breach of its duty of function on an intentional or gross negligence basis;

B.

It is no longer able to carry out its function.

¹ The Federal Assembly regulates by ordinance the working reports and the treatment of the Attorney General and Deputy Prosecutors General.

² In so far as this Law does not provide otherwise, the other prosecutors and the staff of the Public Ministry of the Confederation shall be subject to the laws on the personnel of the Confederation. The Attorney General takes decisions within the jurisdiction of the employer.

¹ The Supervisory Authority is elected by the Federal Assembly.

² It has the following seven members:

A.

A judge of the Federal Court and a judge of the Federal Criminal Court;

B.

Two lawyers registered in a cantonal register of lawyers;

C.

Three specialists who do not belong to a federal court and who are not registered in a cantonal register of lawyers.

¹ The members of the supervisory authority may not be members of the Federal Assembly or of the Federal Council or perform any other function in the service of the Confederation.

² If they are registered in a cantonal register of lawyers, they may not represent a party before the criminal authorities of the Confederation.

¹ The period of office of members of the Supervisory Authority shall be four years.

² In the event of the departure of a member during the term of office, his or her successor shall be elected for the remainder of the period of office.

³ Members of the Federal Court and the Federal Criminal Court, who abandon this charge, leave the supervisory authority at the same time.

The Federal Assembly (Houses meeting) may revoke a member of the Supervisory Authority before the end of its period of office in the following cases:

A.

It has seriously violated its duty of function on an intentional or gross negligence basis;

B.

It has permanently lost the capacity to carry out its function.

¹ The supervisory authority is itself.

² It has a permanent secretariat and takes decisions within the competence of the employer.

³ The Federal Assembly shall specify by order the organisation and tasks of the Supervisory Authority.

The PPC's provisions ¹ Concerning the recusal of persons performing a function within a criminal authority shall apply by analogy to the members of the Supervisory Authority.

¹ The Supervisory Authority shall report to the Federal Assembly on its activity.

² It may issue directives of general application on the manner in which the Public Prosecutor's Office is responsible for carrying out its tasks. All instructions in a case relating to the opening, proceeding or closure of the proceedings, to the representation of the accusation before the court or to the courts of appeal, are excluded.

³ It verifies that the instructions are complied with and takes, if necessary, measures in respect of the Public Ministry of the Confederation.

¹ The Supervisory Authority may require the Public Ministry of the Confederation to provide it with additional information and reports on its activity and to carry out inspections.

² The persons whom the supervisory authority is responsible for requesting the information or carrying out inspections shall have access to the procedural files to the extent that the fulfilment of their mandate requires them.

³ They may use the information they have been aware of only in general and anonymous form in order to prepare their reports and recommendations.

¹ The Supervisory Authority shall submit to the Federal Assembly (Chambers meeting) the proposal for the dismissal of the Prosecutor General and Deputy Prosecutors General.

² If a member of the Public Ministry of the Confederation elected by the Federal Assembly (Houses meeting) violates his duties of office, the supervisory authority may impose a warning or a reprimand or order a reduction in his salary.

³ The decision of the supervisory authority may be appealed to the Federal Administrative Court; the procedure is governed by the Federal Act of 20 December 1968 on the administrative procedure ¹ .

⁴ The Supervisory Authority shall submit to the Federal Council its draft budget and its accounts, as well as the draft budget and accounts of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The Federal Council transmits them without changes to the Federal Assembly.

¹ The seat of the Federal Criminal Court is in Bellinzona.

² The Federal Criminal Court may sit elsewhere if circumstances warrant.

³ The Federal Council has the power to conclude an agreement with the canton of Ticino to settle its financial contribution to the costs of setting up the Federal Criminal Court.

The Federal Criminal Court consists of the following courses:

A.

One or more criminal cases;

B.

One or more complaints courses.

¹ The Federal Court exercises administrative supervision over the management of the Federal Criminal Court.

² The Federal Assembly exercises high surveillance.

³ The Federal Criminal Court shall submit to the Federal Court every year its draft budget, its accounts and its management report for the Federal Assembly.

¹ The courts of criminal cases act in the first instance on criminal cases within the jurisdiction of the Federal Court, unless the Public Prosecutor's Office has delegated the judgment to the cantonal authorities.

² They also decide on criminal cases referred to the Federal Criminal Court by the Federal Council pursuant to the Federal Act of 22 March 1974 on administrative criminal law. ¹ .

¹ There are three judges in the course of criminal cases.

² The President of the Court shall act as a single judge in the cases referred to in Art. 19, para. 2, CPP ¹ He may entrust this task to another judge.

¹ The complaints courts adjudicate on cases of which the CPC ¹ Confers jurisdiction on the appeal authority or the Federal Criminal Court.

² They also state:

A.

On appeals in the field of international mutual assistance, in accordance with the following legislative acts:

1.

Act of 20 March 1981 on international mutual assistance ² ,

2.

Federal Act of 21 December 1995 on cooperation with international tribunals to prosecute serious violations of international humanitarian law ³ ,

3.

Federal Act of 22 June 2001 on cooperation with the International Criminal Court ⁴ ,

4.

Federal Act of 3 October 1975 on the Treaty with the United States of America on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters ⁵ ;

B.

On complaints submitted to it under the Federal Act of 22 March 1974 on administrative criminal law ⁶ ;

C.

On appeals against decisions of the Federal Administrative Tribunal relating to the working reports of its judges and staff;

D.

On conflicts of jurisdiction between military and civil courts;

E.

On disputes submitted to it under the Federal Act of 21 March 1997 establishing measures for the maintenance of internal security ⁷ ;

F.

On disputes submitted to it under the Federal Act of 7 October 1994 on the Central Criminal Police Offices of the Confederation ⁸ ;

G.

On court disputes submitted to it under the Federal Law of 8 June 1923 on lotteries and professional betting ⁹ .

The course of the complaints shall be decided by three judges, except where this Law gives jurisdiction to the management of the proceedings.

¹ The procedure before the courts of the Federal Criminal Court is governed by the CPC ¹ And by this Law.

² Are reserved:

A.

The cases provided for in s. 35, para. 2, and 37, para. 2, let. B, which are governed by the Federal Act of 22 March 1974 on administrative criminal law ² ;

B.

The cases provided for in s. 37, para. 2, let. A, which are governed by the Act of 20 December 1968 on the administrative procedure ³ And the provisions of relevant mutual legal assistance laws;

C.

The cases provided for in s. 37, para. 2, let. C, which are governed by the Act of 24 March 2000 on the personnel of the Confederation ⁴ And by the Federal Law on Administrative Procedure;

D.

The cases provided for in s. 37, para. 2, let. E to g, which are governed by the Federal Act of 20 December 1968 on administrative procedure. ⁵

¹ Art. 121 to 129 of the Act of 17 June 2005 on the Federal Court ¹ Apply, mutatis mutandis, to the revision, interpretation and correction of the decisions rendered by the courts of the complaints under s. 37 ² , para. 2.

² Grievances which could have been raised in an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Justice cannot be invoked in a request for review.

¹ The Federal Criminal Court consists of 15 to 35 ordinary judges.

² Its membership shall be supplemented by deputy judges, the number of which shall not exceed one half of the number of ordinary judges.

³ The Federal Assembly determines the number of judges in an order.

¹ The Federal Assembly elects the judges.

² Anyone who has the right to vote in federal matters is eligible.

¹ At the same time, they cannot be judges of the Federal Criminal Court:

A.

Spouses, registered partners and those who have a long-term common household;

B.

Spouses and registered partners of brothers and sisters, as well as those who have a long-term relationship with a brother or sister;

C.

Parents on direct line and, up to the third degree included, on a collateral line;

D.

Direct online allies and, up to the third degree included, on a collateral line.

² L' al. 1, let. D, apply by analogy to persons who have a long-term common household.

¹ Judges may not be members of the Federal Assembly or of the Federal Council or judges in the Federal Court or any other function in the service of the Confederation.

² They shall not engage in any activity which may prejudice the exercise of their function as judge, the independence of the court or its reputation.

³ They may not perform any official functions for a foreign state or accept titles or decorations granted by foreign authorities.

⁴ They may not represent third parties in a professional capacity before the courts.

⁵ Full-time judges may not perform any function in the service of a canton or engage in any other gainful occupation. Nor can they be members of the management, the administration, the supervisory body or the review body of a commercial undertaking.

¹ Ordinary judges must obtain the authorisation of the Administrative Commission to carry out an activity outside the court.

² The Federal Criminal Court fixes the conditions for authorisation in a regulation.

¹ Ordinary judges may perform their duties on a full-time or part-time basis.

² The Full Court may, on fair grounds, allow a judge to change its occupancy rate during its period of office, provided that the total number of posts remains unchanged.

³ The Federal Assembly regulates the working reports and the treatment of judges by way of order.

¹ Before taking office, judges shall take an oath or solemn promise to carry out their duties conscientiously.

² They shall take the oath before the Full Court.

¹ The period of office of judges shall be six years.

² When a judge reaches the age of 68, his period of office ends at the end of the calendar year. ¹

³ Vacancies are vacant for the remainder of the period.

The Federal Assembly may revoke a judge before the end of its period of office:

A.

He or she has seriously violated his duties as a function in an intentional or gross negligence;

B.

If it has permanently lost the capacity to carry out its function.

The Federal Criminal Court shall issue a regulation on its organisation and administration.

¹ The Federal Assembly shall elect from among ordinary judges, on a proposal from the Full Court:

A.

The President of the Federal Criminal Court;

B.

The Vice-President of the Federal Criminal Court.

² They are elected for two years and can be renewed once in office.

³ The President shall preside over the Full Court and the Administrative Commission. He represents the Federal Criminal Court on the outside.

⁴ In the event of incapacity, it shall be replaced by the Vice-President and, if the latter is prevented, by the Dean of office and, on equal seniority, by the oldest member.

¹ The full Court shall consist of ordinary judges.

² It is responsible for:

A. ¹

To make regulations relating to the organization and administration of the court, the allocation of cases, the information, the costs of the proceedings and the costs and allowances provided for in s. 73;

B.

Make a proposal to the Federal Assembly for the election of presidential candidates and vice-presidency;

C.

Adjudicate requests to change the rate of occupancy of judges during their period of office;

D.

Adopt the management report and forward it to the Federal Assembly;

E.

To set up the courts and appoint their President on a proposal from the Administrative Commission;

F.

To assign the alternate judges to the courses on a proposal from the Administrative Commission;

G.

To appoint the Secretary-General and his alternate on a proposal from the Administrative Commission;

H.

Take a position on draft legislative acts;

I.

Decide on membership of international associations;

J.

To carry out the other duties assigned to it by law.

³ The Plenary Court may only sit or decide by way of circulation with the participation of at least two-thirds of the judges.

⁴ Judges exercising their part-time function shall have one vote.

¹ The Administrative Commission shall consist of:

A.

The President of the Federal Criminal Court;

B.

The Vice-President of the Federal Criminal Court;

C.

Of three other judges.

² The Secretary-General shall participate in the meetings of the Administrative Commission with a consultative vote.

³ The judges mentioned in para. 1, let. C, are appointed by the Full Court for two years and may be renewed once in their function.

⁴ The Administrative Commission is responsible for the administration of the court. It is responsible for:

A.

Adopt the draft budget and the accounts for the Federal Assembly;

B.

To make decisions on the working reports of judges, provided that the law does not accord that jurisdiction to another authority;

C.

Hire the clerks and assign them to the courses on a proposal basis;

D.

Ensure that the provision of scientific and administrative services meets the needs of the court;

E.

Ensure adequate ongoing training of staff;

F.

To grant authorisations for the activities of ordinary judges outside the court;

G.

To deal with all other administrative matters which do not fall within the competence of the Full Court.

¹ The Court of Justice shall be the courts for two years. It makes their composition public.

² When setting up courses, it takes into account the representation of official languages.

³ Any judge may be required to sit in another court.

¹ The Presidents of the Courts shall be appointed by the Full Court for two years and may be renewed twice in their duties.

² In the event of incapacity, the President shall be replaced by the Dean of office and, on equal seniority, by the oldest Member.

¹ The Full Court, the Administrative Commission and the Courts shall make their decisions, take their decisions and make appointments by an absolute majority of the votes.

² In the case of a tie, that of the President shall be paramount; if it is an appointment or a commitment, the fate shall be decided upon.

³ Abstentions shall be excluded when the Federal Criminal Court makes a judgment.

The Court of Justice shall lay down in a regulation the arrangements for the distribution of cases between the courts and the composition of the courts.

¹ Clerks participate in the investigation and adjudication of cases. They have an advisory voice.

² They prepare reports under the responsibility of a judge and write the decisions of the Federal Criminal Court.

³ They perform the other tasks assigned to them by the Regulation.

¹ The Federal Criminal Court administers itself.

² It is its services and requires the necessary staff.

³ He keeps his own accounts.

The Secretary General directs the administration of the tribunal, including scientific services. He heads the secretariat of the Full Court and the Administrative Commission.

¹ The Federal Department of Finance makes available to the Federal Criminal Court the buildings used by the Federal Criminal Court, manages and maintains them. It shall take appropriate account of the needs of the court.

² The Federal Criminal Court independently covers its requirements for goods and services in the field of logistics.

³ The Federal Criminal Court and the Federal Council regulate the arrangements for cooperation between the Federal Criminal Court and the Federal Department of Finance in a convention.

¹ Art. 57 I To 57 Q The Act of 21 March 1997 on the organisation of government and administration ² Apply by analogy to the use of the electronic infrastructure of the Federal Criminal Court as part of its administrative activity.

² The Federal Criminal Court shall lay down the implementing provisions.

¹ The Federal Criminal Court informs the public about its case-law.

² The speeches are in principle published in an anonymous form.

³ The Federal Criminal Court rules the principles of information in a regulation.

⁴ It may provide for the accreditation of judicial columnists.

¹ The Act of 17 December 2004 on transparency ¹ Shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Federal Criminal Court to the extent that it performs tasks relating to its administration.

² The Federal Criminal Court may exclude the mediation procedure provided for in Art. 13-15 of the Act of 17 December 2004 on transparency. In this case, it makes its position on the request for access in the form of a decision directly subject to appeal.