Art. 265

Any person who carries out an act with the aim, through the use of violence,

of changing the constitution of the Confederation¹or of a canton²,

of deposing the constitutionally appointed state authorities or rendering them unable to exercise their powers, or

of severing an area of Swiss territory from the Confederation or a part of cantonal territory from a canton,

shall be liable to a custodial sentence of not less than one year³.