Dutch Legislation

Title I

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Omvang van de werking van de strafwet

Criminal Code (Sr) (Wetboek van Strafrecht) · Articles: 42

1 Article 1

No act is punishable except by virtue of a prior statutory penal provision.

2 Article 2

The Netherlands criminal law is applicable to anyone who commits any criminal offence within the Netherlands.

3 Article 3

The Netherlands criminal law is applicable to anyone who, outside the Netherlands, commits any criminal offence on board a Netherlands vessel or…

4 Article 4

The Dutch criminal law is applicable to anyone who, outside the Netherlands, commits:

4a Article 4a

The Netherlands criminal law is applicable to anyone against whom criminal prosecution has been taken over by the Netherlands from a foreign state on…

5 Article 5

The Netherlands criminal law is applicable to a Dutch national who commits an offence outside the Netherlands:

5a Article 5a

The Netherlands criminal law is applicable to any alien who has a fixed place of residence or abode in the Netherlands and who, outside the…

5b Article 5b

The Netherlands criminal law is applicable to anyone who commits:

6 Article 6

The Dutch criminal law is applicable to:

7 Article 7

The Netherlands criminal law is applicable to the skipper and the persons on board a Netherlands vessel who, while outside the Netherlands, including…

8 Article 8

The applicability of Articles 2 through 7 is limited by the exceptions recognised under international law.

92 Article 92

An attempt undertaken with the intent to deprive the King, the reigning Queen or the Regent of their life or liberty, or to render them incapable of…

93 Article 93

An assault undertaken with the intent to bring the State, in whole or in part, under foreign rule or to separate a part thereof, shall be punished by…

94 Article 94

An assault undertaken with the intent to destroy or unlawfully change the constitutional form of government or the order of succession to the throne…

95 Article 95

Any person who, by violence or threat of violence, disperses a meeting of the Council of Ministers, compels the taking or refraining from taking of…

95a Article 95a

Any person who, by violence or threat of violence, disperses a meeting of the Council of Ministers, compels the taking or refraining from taking of…

96 Article 96

Conspiracy to commit one of the offences described in Articles 92 through 95a shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or…

97 Article 97

Any person who enters into contact with a foreign power with the intent to induce it to commit acts of hostility or to wage war against the State, to…

97a Article 97a

Any person who enters into contact with a person or entity established abroad with the intent to induce such a person or entity to provide support…

97b Article 97b

Shall be punished with a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or a fine of the fifth category:

98 Article 98

Any person who intentionally provides to, or makes available to, a person or body not entitled to receive it, information the confidentiality of…

98a Article 98a

Any person who intentionally discloses, or without being entitled to do so intentionally provides to or makes available to a foreign power, a person…

98b Article 98b

Any person who is at fault for the disclosure of information, an object, or data as referred to in Article 98, or for such information, object, or…

98c Article 98c

Shall be punished with a term of imprisonment not exceeding six years or a fine of the fifth category:

99 Article 99

Any person who intentionally conducts a negotiation with a foreign power, entrusted to him by the government, to the detriment of the State, shall be…

100 Article 100

Any person who commits an act punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or a fine of the fifth category shall be punished:

101 Article 101

A Dutch national who, in anticipation of a war with a foreign power, voluntarily enters into military service with that power shall, if the war…

102 Article 102

Any person who, in time of war, intentionally provides assistance to the enemy or prejudices the State in relation to the enemy, shall be punished…

103 Article 103

Conspiracy to commit the offence described in Article 102 shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or a fine of the fifth…

103a Article 103a

A person who has committed one of the offences described in Articles 102 and 103 in the reasonable conviction that the Dutch interest would not be…

104 Article 104

Any person who, in time of war, without the intent to provide aid to the enemy or to prejudice the State in relation to the enemy, intentionally…

105 Article 105

Any person who, in time of war, commits any fraudulent act in the supply of provisions for the service of the armed forces, shall be punished by a…

106 Article 106

Upon conviction for the criminal offence described in Article 92, forfeiture of the rights mentioned in Article 28, paragraph 1, under 1° through 4°…

107 Article 107

The penalties prescribed for the offences described in Articles 102-105 shall be applicable if one of those offences is committed against or in…

107a Article 107a

Articles 100, under 2°, and 101 through 107 shall apply mutatis mutandis in the event of an armed conflict that cannot be classified as war and in…

424 Article 424

Any person who, on or along a public road or in any place accessible to the public, commits any act of rowdyism against persons or property whereby…

425 Article 425

Shall be punished by detention for a term not exceeding six months or a fine of the third category:

426 Article 426

Any person who, while in a state of drunkenness, either obstructs traffic or disturbs the peace in public, or threatens the safety of another, or…

426bis Article 426bis

Any person who unlawfully obstructs another in their freedom of movement on the public highway, or who, together with one or more others, continues…

427 Article 427

A fine of the first category shall be imposed on:

428 Article 428

Any person who, without permission from the mayor, or, in the event of a situation as referred to in Article 39 of the Security Regions Act (Wet…

429 Article 429

Shall be punished with detention for a term not exceeding fourteen days or a fine of the second category: