Dutch Legislation

Title XIV

in force

Misdrijven tegen de zeden

Criminal Code (Sr) (Wetboek van Strafrecht) · Articles: 24

239 Article 239

Any person who commits an act of public indecency shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months or a fine of the second…

240 Article 240

Any person who knows or has serious reason to suspect that an image or object is offensive to public decency and who:

240a Article 240a

Any person who provides, offers, or displays an image, an object, or a data carrier containing an image, the display of which is to be considered…

240b Article 240b

Any person who distributes, offers, publicly displays, produces, imports, transits, exports, acquires, possesses, or, by means of an automated work…

242 Article 242

He who, by violence or any other act or by threat of violence or any other act, compels another person to undergo acts that consist of or partly…

243 Article 243

Any person who, with someone of whom they know that they are in a state of unconsciousness, reduced consciousness, or physical incapacity, or who…

244 Article 244

Any person who commits acts with a person under the age of twelve years that consist of, or partly consist of, sexual penetration of the body, shall…

245 Article 245

Any person who, outside of marriage, commits lewd acts with someone who has reached the age of twelve but has not yet reached the age of sixteen…

246 Article 246

Any person who, by violence or any other act or by threat of violence or any other act, compels another person to commit or tolerate indecent acts…

247 Article 247

Any person who commits indecent acts outside of marriage with someone who, to their knowledge, is in a state of unconsciousness, reduced…

248 Article 248

The terms of imprisonment provided for in Articles 240b, 242 up to and including 247, 248a up to and including 248e, 249 and 250 may be increased by…

248a Article 248a

Any person who, by means of gifts or promises of money or goods, abuse of an ascendancy resulting from factual circumstances, or deception…

248b Article 248b

Any person who commits an indecent act with someone who makes themselves available for the performance of sexual acts with a third party in exchange…

248c Article 248c

Any person who intentionally is present at the commission of indecent acts by a person of whom he knows or should reasonably suspect that they have…

248d Article 248d

Any person who, with lewd intent, induces a person of whom he knows or should reasonably suspect that they have not yet reached the age of sixteen…

248e Article 248e

Any person who, by means of an automated work or through the use of a communication service, proposes a meeting to a person of whom he knows or…

249 Article 249

Any person who commits an indecent act with their minor child, stepchild or foster child, their ward, a minor entrusted to their care, education or…

250 Article 250

Punishable is:

250a Article 250a repealed
251 Article 251

In the event of a conviction for one of the offences described in Articles 240b up to and including 247, or Articles 248a up to and including 250…

252 Article 252

Punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding nine months or a fine of the third category is:

253 Article 253

Any person who hands over or leaves a child under the age of twelve years, who is under their legal authority, to another person, knowing that it…

254 Article 254

Any person who commits indecent acts with an animal shall be punished by a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year and six months or a fine of…

254a Article 254a

Any person who distributes, publicly exhibits, produces, imports, transits, exports, or possesses an image – or a data carrier containing an image –…