Title VIII
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Except in cases where judicial decisions are subject to revision, no person may be prosecuted again for an act in respect of which a final and…
The right to institute criminal proceedings lapses upon the death of the suspect.
The right to criminal prosecution shall be extinguished by lapse of time:
The limitation period commences on the day following the day on which the act was committed, except in the following cases:
Any act of prosecution interrupts the prescription period, also with regard to persons other than the one prosecuted.
The suspension of criminal proceedings on account of a preliminary dispute suspends the limitation period.
Prior to the commencement of the court hearing, the public prosecutor may impose one or more conditions to prevent criminal prosecution for offences…
If the statutory definition of the criminal offence provides for no principal penalty other than a fine, and the suspect offers to pay the maximum…
An order as referred to in Article 12k of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall, upon compliance with the conditions set in accordance with Article…
By Order in Council, investigative officers to be designated for that purpose may, in matters designated by that Order in Council concerning offences…
The right to execute the sentence or measure shall lapse upon the death of the convicted person, with the exception of the measure for the forfeiture…
The right to execute the sentence or measure shall be extinguished by lapse of time.
The limitation period commences on the day following the day on which the judicial decision or the criminal order may be enforced.
The right to criminal prosecution and the right to execute the sentence shall lapse upon the transfer of criminal proceedings to a foreign state in…
Shall be punished with a term of imprisonment not exceeding four years or a fine of the fifth category:
A term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine of the fifth category shall be imposed on:
Any person who gives or promises a gift to a judge, or grants or offers a service with the intent to influence the decision of a case subject to…
For the purposes of Articles 177 and 177a, persons in the public service of a foreign state or of an international organisation are equated with…
Any person who, by violence or any other act or by threat of violence or any other act, compels a public official to perform an official act or to…
Any person who, by violence or threat of violence, resists a public official acting in the lawful performance of their duties, or persons who provide…
The coercion and the resistance described in Articles 179 and 180 shall be punished:
Coercion and insubordination as described in Articles 179 and 180, committed by two or more persons acting in concert, shall be punished by a term of…
For the purposes of Articles 179 up to and including 182, the master of a vessel or the commander of an aircraft who exercises a power or performs an…
Any person who intentionally fails to comply with an order or a demand made pursuant to a statutory provision by an official charged with the…
Any person who intentionally acts in violation of a behavioural instruction, issued pursuant to Article 509hh, paragraph 1, point (b), of the Code of…
Any person who causes a disturbance at a court hearing or at a place where a public official is performing their duties in the lawful exercise of…
For the purposes of Articles 179 up to and including 182, 184 and 185, persons in the public service of a foreign state or of an international…
Any person who, on the occasion of a public gathering, intentionally fails to disperse immediately after the third order given by or on behalf of the…
Any person who unlawfully tears down, renders illegible, or damages a public notice issued by the competent authority, with the intent to prevent or…
Any person who files a report or complaint stating that a criminal offence has been committed, knowing that it has not been committed, shall be…
A term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or a fine of the third category shall be imposed on:
Any person who intentionally prevents, obstructs or frustrates a judicial post-mortem examination shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not…
Any person who intentionally liberates someone who has been deprived of their liberty by public authority or by virtue of a judicial decision or…
Any person who, having been lawfully summoned as a witness, expert or interpreter, intentionally fails to comply with any legal obligation which he…
Any person who intentionally fails to comply with a demand from a parliamentary committee of inquiry to provide access to, to take copies of, or to…
Any person who intentionally fails to comply with a demand from a parliamentary committee of inquiry to provide written information shall be punished…
Any person who intentionally obstructs, hinders or prevents a parliamentary committee of inquiry or persons designated by it from entering a location…
The offences referred to in Articles 192 up to and including 192c shall not be prosecuted if they have been committed by a member of the States…
Any person who intentionally fails to comply with a lawful order to produce a document which is alleged to be false or forged, or which is to serve…
Any person who, having been declared in a state of bankruptcy, or as the spouse of a bankrupt with whom they are married in a community of property…
Any person who exercises a right, knowing that they have been deprived thereof by a judicial decision, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term…
Any person who intentionally wears insignia or performs an act pertaining to an office which they do not hold or in which they are suspended, shall…
A foreign national who resides in the Netherlands, while knowing or having serious reason to suspect that he has been declared an undesirable foreign…
Any person who assists another in obtaining access to or transit through the Netherlands, another Member State of the European Union, Iceland…
Any person who, by virtue of an agreement or appointment, causes another person, who has obtained unlawful entry into or residence in the…
Any person who makes a profession or habit of the act described in Article 197b shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years…
If the offender commits the acts described in Articles 197b or 197c in the exercise of any office or profession, the court may also pronounce…
Any person who intentionally removes any property from an attachment levied thereon by operation of law or from judicial custody, or who, knowing…
Any person who intentionally breaks, removes, or damages seals with which objects have been sealed by or on behalf of the competent public authority…
Any person who intentionally destroys, damages, renders unusable, or conceals objects intended to serve as evidence or proof for the competent…
Any person who intentionally removes from their destination, opens, or damages letters or other documents that have been delivered to a post or…
If the perpetrator of one of the offences described in Articles 198-201 gains access to the place of the offence or brings the property within their…
Any person who, in time of peace, intentionally induces desertion by a serviceman in the service of the State by means of one of the methods…
Any person who, in time of peace, intentionally incites riot or mutiny among military personnel in the service of the State by means of any of the…
Any person who, without the consent of the King, recruits another for foreign military service or armed conflict, shall be punished by a term of…
Any person who commits the following shall be punished with a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or a fine of the fourth category:
The official authorized to issue copies or extracts of judgments who issues such a copy or extract before the judgment has been duly signed, shall be…
A public official who, without permission from the competent authority, makes a copy or takes an extract of secret government documents, or who makes…
The head of an institution intended for the confinement of convicted persons, persons in pre-trial detention or persons held in custody, or of a…
The registrar of civil status who fails to obtain the supporting documents or declarations required by any statutory provision prior to the…
The registrar of civil status who acts in violation of any statutory provision concerning the registers or the deeds of civil status or concerning…
The registrar of civil status who fails to record a deed in the registers shall be punished with a fine of the second category.
A fine of the first category shall be imposed on:
For the purposes of Articles 466-468, a registrar of civil status shall be understood to mean any person who, pursuant to any statutory provision, is…