Commentaries: Art. 18

The prosecution and judgement of offences under Articles 14 and 15 are subject to federal criminal jurisdiction.¹ 1bis. The prosecution and judgement of offences under Article 15a are subject to the Federal Act of 22 March 1974²on Administrative Criminal Law.³The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs is the prosecuting and adjudicating authority.⁴
The licensing and control authorities, the police in the cantons and the communes and the customs authorities are obliged to report to the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland any offences against this Act that they encounter or that come to their knowledge in the course of their official activities.

Amended by No I 4 of the FA of 22 June 2001 on the Streamlining of Federal Legislation on Arms, War Materiel, Explosives and Goods Usable for Civilian and Military Purposes, in force since 1 March 2002 (AS 2002 248;BBl 2000 3369). ↩
SR 313.0 ↩
Inserted by No I 4 of the FA of 22 June 2001 on the Streamlining of Federal Legislation on Arms, War Materiel, Explosives and Goods Usable for Civilian and Military Purposes, in force since 1 March 2002 (AS 2002 248;BBl 2000 3369). ↩
Second sentence inserted by No I 34 of the FA of 17 Dec. 2021 on the Harmonisation of Sentencing Policy, in force since 1 July 2023 (AS 2023 259;BBl 2018 2827). ↩

Art. 18