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A defendant committed an act in 2023 when the statutory maximum penalty was 3 years imprisonment. In 2025, before the final first-instance judgment is rendered, the Swiss parliament amends the relevant StGB provision, reducing the maximum penalty to a monetary penalty (Geldstrafe). According to Art. 2 Abs. 2 StGB, which law must the court apply?

The new, more lenient law of 2025 (Lex Mitior principle), because the judgment is rendered after the entry into force of the new legislation. The old law of 2023 exclusively, because the temporal scope of criminal law is strictly determined by the law in force at the time of the commission of the act (Tatzeitrecht). The judge must request a preliminary ruling from the Federal Supreme Court to determine which legislative intent takes precedence. The old law applies to culpability, but the new law applies only if the public prosecutor consents in writing.

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The new, more lenient law of 2025 (Lex Mitior principle), because the judgment is rendered after the entry into force of the new legislation.

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