Question 1
Under Article 15 of the Swiss Criminal Code (StGB - Schweizerisches Strafgesetzbuch), when is an act committed in self-defense (Notwehr) justified and not punishable?
Correct Answer:
When someone is attacked without right or directly threatened with an attack, and the defense is carried out in a manner proportionate to the circumstances
Question 2
According to Article 16 of the Swiss Criminal Code (StGB), how does the law treat an individual who exceeds the limits of self-defense (Notwehrexzess)?
Correct Answer:
The court mitigates the sentence, and where the excess arose from excusable agitation or alarm caused by the attack the defender acts without culpability and is therefore not punished, even though the act itself stays unlawful
Question 3
Under Article 17 of the Swiss Criminal Code (StGB), what is the key legal criterion for a justifying state of necessity (Rechtfertigender Notstand)?
Correct Answer:
The act is committed to avert an imminent, otherwise unavoidable danger to one's own or another person's legal asset, and the actor thereby safeguards higher-value interests (höherwertige Interessen)
Question 4
How does Article 18 of the Swiss Criminal Code (StGB) distinguish an excusable state of necessity (Entschuldbarer Notstand) from a justifying state of necessity under Article 17 StGB?
Correct Answer:
Under Art. 18 StGB the interest weighting does not make the act lawful, so the actor is merely punished more leniently if giving up the endangered asset could reasonably have been expected of them, and acts without culpability if it could not
Question 5
Under Article 218 of the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code (StPO - Schweizerische Strafprozessordnung), under what exact conditions is a private security officer authorized to make a provisional arrest (Vorläufige Festnahme durch Privatpersonen)?
Correct Answer:
If the suspect is caught in the act of committing a felony or misdemeanor (Verbrechen oder Vergehen), or is caught immediately after having committed such an offense, and police assistance is not immediately available
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