Commentaries: Art. 43

Any person who wilfully and without authorisation¹:
1. misuses forestry buildings and installations;
2. restricts the accessibility of the forest;
3. fails to comply with accessibility restrictions according to Article 14;
4. drives in the forest or on forest roads with motor vehicles;
5. fells trees in the forest;
6. hinders investigations or provides untrue or incomplete information or refuses to provide information in breach of the obligation to provide information;
7. fails to comply within or outside of the forest with the regulations on measures for the prevention and remediation of forest damage and measures against diseases and pests that may threaten the forest internally; Article 233 of the Criminal Code²is reserved;
8. fails to comply with the regulations on the origin, use, trade in and safeguarding of forest reproductive material. If an offence is at the same time an offence against the customs legislation, it is prosecuted and judged under the Customs Act of 1 October 1925³;

shall be liable to a monetary penalty not exceeding 20,000 Swiss francs. 2. Attempts and complicity are also offences. 3. If the offender acts negligently, the penalty is a fine. 4. The cantons may sanction offences against cantonal law as contraventions.

Amended by Art. 333 of the Criminal Code (SR 311.0 ) in its Version according to the FA of 13 Dec. 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2007 (AS 2006 3459; BBl 1999 1979). ↩
SR 311.0 ↩
[BS 6 465;AS 1956 587; 1959 1343Art. 11 No III; 1973 644; 1974 1857Annex No 7; 1980 1793No I 1; 1992 1670No III; 1994 1634No I 3; 1995 1816; 1996 3371Annex 2 No 2; 1997 2465Annex No 13; 2000 1300Art. 92,1891No VI 6; 2002 248No I 1 Art. 41; 2004 4763Annex No II 1; 2006 2197Annex No 50.AS 2007 1411Art. 131 para. 1]. See now: the Customs Act of 18 March 2005 (SR 631.0 ). ↩

Art. 43

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