Art. 179sexies

1. Any person who manufactures, imports, exports, acquires, stores, possesses, transports, passes on to another, sells, leases, lends or in any other manner markets, promotes or provides instruction on the manufacture of technical devices which are in particular intended for unlawful listening or the unlawful making of sound or image recordings,

shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty. 2. If the offender acts on behalf of a third party, that third party shall be liable to the same penalty as the offender provided the third party was aware that the offence was being committed and failed to use their best efforts to prevent the commission of the offence.

If the third party is a legal entity, a general or limited partnership or a sole proprietorship¹, paragraph 1 above applies to those persons who acted or should have acted on behalf of that entity.