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Compulsory Measures Court

The Compulsory Measures Court (German: Zwangsmassnahmengericht, French: Tribunal des mesures de contrainte, Italian: Tribunale delle misure coercitive) is an institution of Swiss Criminal law. It rules on the provisional detention ("pre-trial detention") of an person, as well as on other compulsory measures.

Competences

A decision of the Compulsory Measures Court is required to order the following measures:

  • Provisional detention;
  • Detention for security reasons;
  • Other compulsory measures;
  • DNA sampling;
  • Surveillance of correspondence;
  • Technical surveillance measures;
  • Surveillance of banking relationships;
  • Mission of an undercover agent;

Other compulsory measures do not need to be referred to the Compulsory Measures Court, such as the .

Compulsory measures infringe fundamental rights and must comply with a number of conditions, including the principle of proportionality.

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