Dutch Legislation

Temporary Domestic Exclusion Order Act (Wth)

in force

Domestic violence: temporary exclusion from the home

Family law · Wet tijdelijk huisverbod · BWBR0024649 · Articles: 17

1 Article 1

In this Act, the following definitions shall apply:

2 Article 2

The mayor may impose a domestic exclusion order (huisverbod) on a person if it appears from facts or circumstances that their presence in the…

3 Article 3

The mayor may grant a mandate or an authorisation, respectively, to the assistant public prosecutor (hulpofficier van justitie) in respect of the…

4 Article 4

If the danger referred to in Article 2, paragraph 1, arises, the mayor or a police officer is authorised, with a view to imposing a domestic…

5 Article 5

If the person subject to the out-of-home placement order does not have a legal counsel and, upon request, desires legal assistance, the mayor shall…

6 Article 6

If a petition for a provisional remedy (voorlopige voorziening) as referred to in Article 8:81 of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet…

7 Article 7

The court shall grant minors who belong to the household of the person placed out of the home and who have reached the age of twelve years the…

8 Article 8

The clerk of the court shall send a copy of the judgment or of the official record of the oral judgment of the relief judge (voorzieningenrechter)…

9 Article 9

The mayor may extend a domestic exclusion order (huisverbod) for a maximum of four weeks after it has been imposed if the threat of danger, or the…

10 Article 10

The decision by which the domestic exclusion order (huisverbod) was imposed or extended with the application of Article 2, paragraph 1, or Article 9…

11 Article 11

The person subject to an out-of-house order who acts in violation of a domestic exclusion order (huisverbod) imposed with the application of Article…

13 Article 13

The General Extension of Time Limits Act (Algemene termijnenwet) shall not apply to the time limits referred to in Article 2, paragraph 1, and…

15 Article 15

Our Minister of Security and Justice shall, within five years after the entry into force of this Act, send to the States General a report on the…

16 Article 16

This Act shall enter into force at a time to be determined by Royal Decree.

17 Article 17

This Act shall be cited as: Temporary Domestic Exclusion Order Act (Wet tijdelijk huisverbod).