Chapter 2

The task of the police is to ensure the actual maintenance of the legal order and to provide assistance to those in need thereof, in subordination to…

The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, which is under the authority of Our Minister of Defence, is charged with the following police tasks, without…

Rules may be laid down by regulation of Our Minister in agreement with Our Minister of Defence concerning the cooperation of the police with the…

A police officer is authorised to perform their duties throughout the entire country.

The police officer who has been appointed for the execution of police duties is authorised, in the lawful exercise of his office, to use force or…

A police officer who has been appointed for the execution of police duties is authorised to demand inspection of an identity document as referred to…

An official instruction for the police and for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee shall be established by Order in Council.

All officials charged with a police task shall provide each other with the necessary assistance and shall at all times observe a harmonious…

Where the police act within a municipality for the maintenance of public order and the performance of the assistance task, they shall be under the…

Where the police act for the purpose of criminal law enforcement of the legal order, or perform tasks in the service of the judiciary, they shall…

The mayor and the public prosecutor shall regularly consult with the head of the territorial division of the regional unit within whose territory the…

Insofar as the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee acts within a municipality for the maintenance of public order, it shall be under the authority of the…

The mayor is accountable to the municipal council for the authority exercised by him, as referred to in Articles 11, paragraph 1, and 14, paragraphs…

Our Minister may designate objects and services for which guarding or security by the police is necessary in the interest of the security of the…

For the purposes of the application of Articles 15, paragraph 3, and 16, paragraph 2, the mayors and Our Minister shall provide each other with the…