The cantons are responsible for prosecution. The cantonal prosecution authorities may involve the anti-doping agency as established under Article 19 and the FOCBS in any investigations.1
If substances or methods under Article 19 paragraph 3 are identified in a doping control, the agency carrying out the control shall inform the prosecution authorities responsible and send them all the pertinent documents.
The anti-doping agency established under Article 19 has the following party rights as defined in Article 104 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code2:
to file an appeal against discontinuation and no proceedings orders;
to file an objection to summary penalty orders;
to file an appeal and accessory appeal against sentence against judgments.
Footnotes
Amended by No I 9 of the O of 12 June 2020 on the Amendment of Legislation as a consequence of the Change in the Name of the Federal Customs Administration as part of its further Development, in force since 1 Jan. 2022 (AS 2020 2743). ↩