Dutch Legislation

Title XV

in force

Verlating van hulpbehoevenden

Criminal Code (Sr) (Wetboek van Strafrecht) · Articles: 6

255 Article 255

Any person who intentionally places or leaves in a helpless condition another person for whose maintenance, nursing, or care they are obligated by…

256 Article 256

Any person who abandons a child under the age of seven years or, with the intent to rid themselves of the child, leaves the child behind, shall be…

257 Article 257

If one of the facts described in Articles 255 and 256 results in grievous bodily harm, the offender shall be punished with a term of imprisonment not…

258 Article 258

If the perpetrator of the offence described in Article 256 is the father or the mother, the terms of imprisonment provided for in Articles 256 and…

259 Article 259

If the mother, under the influence of fear of the discovery of her delivery, abandons her child shortly after birth or, with the intent to dispose of…

260 Article 260

Upon conviction for one of the offences described in Articles 255 through 259, forfeiture of the rights mentioned in Article 28, paragraph 1, under…