General Law

Indirect perpetration

0545-en RE520 Criminal Law As of 11.07.2026


Indirect perpetration is the deliberate realization of the external offence as a result of psychological influence on the will of the perpetrator by a third party.

Deutsch

Mittelbare Täterschaft 0545-de

Die mittelbare Täterschaft ist die willentliche Verwirklichung des äusseren Deliktstatbestandes infolge psychischer Beeinflussung des Willens des Ausführenden durch einen Dritten.

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