¹ The Federal Office shall delete the DNA profiles of persons defined in Articles 3 and 5:

a.

as soon as the person concerned can be excluded as the perpetrator during the proceedings;

b.

after the death of the person concerned;

c.

as soon as the relevant proceedings have been legally concluded with an acquittal;

d.¹⁷ one year after the order to abandon proceedings or not bring proceedings has become legally binding;

e.¹⁸

five years after expiry of the probationary period in the case of a suspended or partially suspended sentence;

f.¹⁹ five years after the payment of a monetary penalty, after the completion of community service or after any related alternative custodial sentence has been served;

g.²⁰

five years after issue of a reprimand, after payment of a fine or completion of a personal work order in accordance with Articles 22–24 JCLA²¹;

h.²²

five years after the probationary period for the suspended execution of a fine, a personal work order or a custodial measure in accordance with Article 35 JCLA;

i.²³

five years after the enforcement of a protection measure in accordance with Articles 12–14 JCLA;

j.²⁴

ten years after the enforcement of a deprivation of liberty in accordance with Article 25 JCLA;

k.²⁵

ten years after ending the enforcement of a placement in accordance with Article 15 JCLA;

l.²⁶

ten years after the end of a prohibition from carrying on an activity or of a contact prohibition and exclusion order in accordance with Article 67 and 67b SCC²⁷, Articles 50 and 50b of the Military Criminal Code of 13 June 1927²⁸ or Article 16a JCLA, unless the profile must be deleted at later date in accordance with paragraph 4.

² If in a case under paragraph 1 letter c or d, it is anticipated in view of certain circumstances that the DANN profile of the accused may be required to investigate future offences, it may be retained and used with the agreement of the director of proceedings for a maximum of ten years from the decision becoming legally binding. The DNA profile shall not be deleted in accordance with paragraph 1 letter c or d if the perpetrator is acquitted or proceedings are abandoned due to an absence of legal responsibility.²⁹

³ The Federal Office shall delete after 30 years all DNA profiles that have not already been deleted in accordance with paragraph 1, unless the profile must be deleted at later date in accordance with paragraph 4.

⁴ In cases involving a custodial sentence, indefinite incarceration, therapeutic measures or expulsion under Article 66a or 66a^bis of the Criminal Code³⁰ or Article 49a or 49a^bis of the Military Criminal Code of 13 June 1927³¹, the Federal Office shall delete the DNA profile 20 years after release from custody, after incarceration, after enforcement of the therapeutic measure or after expulsion.³²