Commentaries: Art. 24

Any person shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to a monetary penalty who wilfully and without authorisation:¹
1. ² destroys or seriously damages a natural or cultural monument protected under this Act, a protected historic site, a protected natural landscape or a protected biotope;
2. clears, covers up or otherwise destroys riparian vegetation as specified in Article 21;
3. ³ destroys or seriously damages buried natural objects or antiquities of substantial scientific value⁴(Art. 724 para. 1 Civil Code⁵);
4. ⁶ .
In cases of negligence, the penalty shall be a fine not exceeding 40,000 Swiss francs.⁷

Amended by Art. 333 of the Criminal Code (SR 311.0 ) in the version of the FA of 13 Dec. 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2006 3459; BBl 1999 1979). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 24 March 1995, in force since 1 Feb. 1996 (AS 1996 214;BBl 1991 III 1121). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 24 March 1995 (AS 1996 214;BBl 1991 III 1121). Amended by Art. 32 No 4 of the Cultural Property Transfer Act of 20 June 2003, in force since 1 June 2005 (AS 2005 1869;BBl 2002 535). ↩
Revised by the Drafting Committee of the Federal Assembly (Art. 58 para. 1 ParlA;SR 171.10 ). ↩
SR 210 ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 21 June 1996 (AS 1997 1152;BBl 1995 IV 629). Repealed by Annex 1 No 1 of the FA of 16 March 2012 on the Trade in Protected Animal and Plant Species, with effect from 1 Oct. 2013 (AS 2013 3095;BBl 2011 6985). ↩
Amended by Art. 333 of the Criminal Code (SR 311.0) in the version of the FA of 13 Dec. 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2006 3459; BBl 1999 1979). ↩

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