Title IX

Where reference is made to a criminal offence in general or to any specific criminal offence, this shall also include complicity in, attempt to…

Where this Code confers the authority to hear, examine or interrogate persons, this shall, with the exception of cases to be determined by Order in…

Where reference is made to a conviction, this shall include a criminal order (strafbeschikking), unless the contrary follows from any provision.

Where reference is made to a prior or previous conviction for a criminal offence, this shall also include a prior or previous irrevocable conviction…

An attempt to commit an offence exists as soon as the intent of the perpetrator has been manifested by a commencement of execution, within the…

Conspiracy exists as soon as two or more persons have agreed to commit the criminal offence.

For the purposes of this provision, revolution (omwenteling) shall be understood to mean the destruction or unlawful alteration of the constitutional…

Information the confidentiality of which is required by the interest of the State shall also be understood to include information belonging to or…

'Data' shall be understood to mean any representation of facts, concepts or instructions, in an agreed manner, suitable for communication…

Automated work shall be understood to mean a facility intended for the electronic storage, processing, and transmission of data.

Prohibited place" shall be understood to mean any place designated as a prohibited place pursuant to the State Secrets Protection Act (Wet…

The use of violence shall be deemed to include rendering a person in a state of unconsciousness or helplessness.

Grievous bodily harm shall be understood to include: illness that leaves no prospect of complete recovery, continuous incapacity to perform one's…

The killing of another person, or of a child at or shortly after birth, shall be understood to include: the killing of a foetus that can reasonably…

A terrorist offence shall be understood to mean:

For the purposes of this Act, a terrorist intent shall be understood to mean the intent to cause serious fear among the population or a section of…

A criminal offence in preparation for or to facilitate a terrorist offence shall be understood to mean any of the offences described in Articles 131…

Public officials shall be understood to include members of general representative bodies.

A merchant is defined as any person who carries on a business.

For the purposes of this Act, 'schipper' (master) shall be understood to mean any commander of a vessel or their substitute.

Dutch ships are understood to mean only those vessels which are designated as seagoing vessels by the law regarding the issuance of sea letters and…

Dutch aircraft shall be understood to mean:

The term enemy includes insurgents.

A friendly state is understood to mean a foreign power with which the Netherlands is not involved in an armed conflict.

An internationally protected person shall be understood to mean a person falling under the definition of Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention on…

A month shall be understood to mean a period of thirty days; a day shall be understood to mean, except for the application of the General Term Limits…

Climbing in shall be understood to include undermining, as well as crossing ditches or moats serving as an enclosure.

False keys are understood to mean all implements not intended for the opening of the lock.

For the purposes of this article, a professional buyer (opkoper) is understood to be a person who makes a profession or habit of purchasing goods.

Wherever reference is made to marriage or spouse, with the exception of Article 449, this shall also include registered partnership or registered…

Discrimination or to discriminate shall be understood to mean any form of distinction, any exclusion, restriction or preference which has the purpose…

For the purposes of this provision, an institution for the nursing of persons placed under a hospital order (ter beschikking gestelden) shall be…

For the purposes of this Act, a psychiatrist is understood to be a medical practitioner who is authorised to use the title of psychiatrist or…

For the purposes of this Act, a psychiatric hospital (psychiatrisch ziekenhuis) shall be understood to mean:

Electrical works shall be understood to mean works serving the generation, transmission, transformation or supply of electricity, as well as related…

The provisions of Titles I-VIII A of this Book shall also apply to acts which are punishable under other laws or regulations, unless the law provides…

Any person who, in cases where a statutory provision requires a statement under oath or attaches legal consequences thereto, intentionally makes a…

Any person who, in cases where a statement under oath or an affirmation or promise substituted for it is required by or pursuant to a treaty to which…

Any person who, in cases where a statement under oath or an affirmation or promise replacing such an oath is required by or pursuant to a treaty…

The master of a Dutch vessel who departs for sea before having drawn up or adjusted, signed, and sent to the Inspector General of the Transport and…

The skipper who does not have on board all ship's papers, books, documents or other data carriers required by or pursuant to statutory provisions…

The master of a Dutch vessel who undertakes a voyage therewith without a certificate for the accommodation, as required by Article 407 of the…

The following shall be punished with a fine of the second category:

Any person who violates the provisions of Article 539u of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall be punished by detention for a term not exceeding…

The master of a Dutch vessel who fails to comply with his statutory obligation regarding the registration and notification of births or deaths…

The skipper who fails to comply with the obligations referred to in the second paragraph of Article 358a or of Article 785 of the Commercial Code…

The owner as well as the bareboat charterer who fails to comply with the obligation imposed upon him in the third paragraph of Article 451e of the…

The owner, the bareboat charterer, and the master of a Dutch vessel on board of which persons are employed as crew members in violation of the…

The entry into force of this Code shall be regulated further by law.