Commentaries: Art. 31

The departments and the Federal Chancellery shall decide within their area of responsibility on authorisations in accordance with Article 271 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code¹to carry out activities on behalf of a foreign state. 1bis. Authorisations in accordance with Article 22 of the Federal Decree of 21 December 1995²on Cooperation with International Courts for the Prosecution of Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law shall be granted by the Federal Office of Justice.³
Cases of political or other fundamental importance shall be submitted to the Federal Council.
The decisions shall be sent to the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland and to the departments that are also interested.⁴

SR 311.0 ↩
SR 351.20 . Today: BG. ↩
Inserted by Annex No 2 of the O of 19 Dec. 2003, in force since 1 Feb. 2004 (AS 2004 433). ↩
Amended by Annex No 2 of the O of 19 Dec. 2003, in force since 1 Feb. 2004 (AS 2004 433). ↩

Art. 31