Swiss Criminal Code
E679164
The Swiss Criminal Code is the primary body of federal law in Switzerland that defines criminal offenses and prescribes corresponding penalties and measures.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swiss Criminal Code canonical | 6 |
| Code pénal suisse | 1 |
| Codice penale svizzero | 1 |
| Schweizerisches Strafgesetzbuch | 1 |
| StGB | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7657401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Criminal Code Context triple: [BGE (Bundesgerichtsentscheide), relatedTo, Swiss Criminal Code]
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A.
Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
The Swiss Criminal Procedure Code is the nationwide legal framework that standardizes how criminal investigations, prosecutions, and trials are conducted across all Swiss cantons.
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B.
Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code is a foundational body of private law in Switzerland that systematically regulates areas such as family law, inheritance, property, and obligations, and has served as a model for civil codes in several other countries.
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C.
Swiss customs law
Swiss customs law is the body of Swiss federal legislation and regulations governing the import, export, transit, and taxation of goods across Switzerland’s customs territory and its associated enclaves.
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D.
Constitution of the canton of Valais
The Constitution of the canton of Valais is the fundamental legal charter that defines the political organization, powers of authorities, and rights of citizens within the Swiss canton of Valais.
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E.
Swiss Military Act
The Swiss Military Act is the primary Swiss federal law that regulates the organization, duties, and obligations of the country's system of conscription-based national defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Criminal Code Target entity description: The Swiss Criminal Code is the primary body of federal law in Switzerland that defines criminal offenses and prescribes corresponding penalties and measures.
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A.
Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
The Swiss Criminal Procedure Code is the nationwide legal framework that standardizes how criminal investigations, prosecutions, and trials are conducted across all Swiss cantons.
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B.
Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code is a foundational body of private law in Switzerland that systematically regulates areas such as family law, inheritance, property, and obligations, and has served as a model for civil codes in several other countries.
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C.
Swiss customs law
Swiss customs law is the body of Swiss federal legislation and regulations governing the import, export, transit, and taxation of goods across Switzerland’s customs territory and its associated enclaves.
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D.
Constitution of the canton of Valais
The Constitution of the canton of Valais is the fundamental legal charter that defines the political organization, powers of authorities, and rights of citizens within the Swiss canton of Valais.
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E.
Swiss Military Act
The Swiss Military Act is the primary Swiss federal law that regulates the organization, duties, and obligations of the country's system of conscription-based national defense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss statute
ⓘ
criminal code ⓘ federal law ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SR 311.0 ⓘ |
| appliesTo | whole territory of Switzerland ⓘ |
| contains |
final provisions
ⓘ
general provisions ⓘ provisions on offences against honour ⓘ provisions on offences against liberty ⓘ provisions on offences against life and limb ⓘ provisions on offences against property ⓘ provisions on offences against public order ⓘ provisions on offences against the administration of justice ⓘ provisions on offences against the state and national security ⓘ provisions on sexual offences ⓘ special provisions ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| defines | criminal offences ⓘ |
| FrenchTitle |
Code pénal suisse
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Criminal Code
|
| ItalianTitle |
Codice penale svizzero
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Criminal Code
|
| jurisdiction | Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| languageVersion |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law system ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Federal Assembly
|
| originalTitle |
Schweizerisches Strafgesetzbuch
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Criminal Code
|
| originalTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Swiss federal legislation ⓘ |
| publicationSeries | Classified Compilation of Federal Legislation (SR) ⓘ |
| regulates |
attempt and participation in offences
ⓘ
conditions of criminal liability ⓘ confiscation of assets ⓘ measures ⓘ penalties ⓘ probation and conditional release ⓘ rehabilitation and expungement ⓘ sanctions for adults ⓘ sanctions for young adults ⓘ security measures ⓘ statute of limitations ⓘ |
| shortName |
CP
ⓘ
CP-Sw ⓘ StGB ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Criminal Code
|
| shortNameLanguage |
CP (French)
ⓘ
CP (Italian) ⓘ StGB (German) ⓘ
linked to:
German Criminal Code
|
| subjectMatter | criminal law ⓘ |
| systematicNumber | 311.0 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Swiss Criminal Code Description of subject: The Swiss Criminal Code is the primary body of federal law in Switzerland that defines criminal offenses and prescribes corresponding penalties and measures.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Swiss Criminal Code
linked to: Swiss Criminal Code
linked to: Swiss Criminal Code
linked to: Swiss Criminal Code