Title 1
in forceInternationale rechtshulp in strafzaken
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Obligations in general
The enforcement of judicial decisions and criminal orders shall be carried out by Our Minister.
Insofar as enforcement is permitted, the decision shall be enforced as soon as possible.
In the execution of the sentence, all relevant interests shall be taken into account, including the safety of society, the interests of victims and…
The exercise of one or more powers of Our Minister may be delegated in writing by Our Minister to a civil servant working under his responsibility.
Our Minister may issue the necessary general or specific instructions for the enforcement to judicial officers and to police officers appointed for…
An enforcement order issued by Our Minister that aims at the arrest of a suspect or a convicted person shall contain:
The official charged with the enforcement may enter and search any premises for the purpose of effecting an arrest.
The official charged with the arrest of a person or with the execution of a sentence or measure shall, upon arrest, establish the identity of the…
Our Minister may require any person to provide the information that is reasonably necessary for the enforcement of a judgment, a judicial decision…
The Public Prosecution Service may, at the time of or immediately after providing a decision as referred to in Article 6:1:1, paragraph 2, provide…
Our Minister is authorised to terminate the enforcement of fines for which no pardon can be granted if he is of the opinion that no reasonable…
All costs of enforcement shall be borne by the State, insofar as not otherwise provided by or pursuant to any act.
Our Minister shall set off an amount to be paid to a suspect or a convicted person against monetary sums owed to the State or to a victim or their…
Insofar as not otherwise provided by or pursuant to the law, the provisions of this Book shall apply mutatis mutandis to the enforcement of judicial…
Further rules regarding the provisions of this Title shall be laid down by or pursuant to an Order in Council. These further rules shall in any event…
The admission of a person against whom an order for deprivation of liberty or a conviction or judgment is being enforced, into an establishment or…
The prison sentence and the detention commence:
If, after the final judgment but prior to the execution of an irrevocable judgment or appellate decision imposing a custodial sentence, the convicted…
Our Minister may, in exceptional cases, upon the petition of the person concerned, the Public Prosecution Service, or ex officio, temporarily…
The release shall be effected by the director of the institution:
If the convicted person is to undergo more than one sentence consecutively, these sentences shall be executed as seamlessly as possible. In the event…
The time spent by a person sentenced to imprisonment or detention in custody, in pre-trial detention, or in detention abroad pursuant to a Dutch…
A person sentenced to a term of imprisonment who, by reason of a mental disorder, a psychogeriatric condition or an intellectual disability, is…
Further rules regarding the provisions of this Title shall be laid down by or pursuant to an Order in Council.
The period within which the community service order must be completed shall be eighteen months after the judgment has become irrevocable, or nine…
The Public Prosecution Service may modify the imposed sentence regarding the nature of the work to be performed, as referred to in Article 22c, first…
If the person sentenced to a community service order fails to commence the community service, fails to cooperate in the verification of their…
A decision as referred to in Articles 6:3:2 and 6:3:3, paragraph 1, may be taken up to three months after the expiry of the period within which the…
If, in the opinion of Our Minister, the imposed task has been performed properly, Our Minister shall notify the convicted person thereof as soon as…
Further rules regarding the provisions of this Title shall be laid down by or pursuant to an Order in Council. These further rules shall in any event…
Our Minister shall determine the day or – in the event of the application of Article 24a of the Criminal Code – the days on which the payment of a…
Our Minister shall issue a written demand for payment to the convicted person if the amount that must be paid pursuant to an enforceable fine or…
In the absence of full payment within the term determined pursuant to Article 6:4:1, the amount due, increased by the surcharges provided for in…
With regard to objects seized pursuant to Article 94a, recovery shall be effected in the manner provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure by virtue…
Recovery from the assets of the convicted person that have not been seized pursuant to Article 94a shall be effected by virtue of a writ of…
Recovery may be effected without a writ of execution upon:
If substitute detention is applied in the event that the amount due pursuant to a fine enforceable for execution has neither been paid in full nor…
Regulations concerning the enforcement of a fine or a measure as referred to in Article 36f of the Criminal Code shall be provided by or pursuant to…
If a court is able to take a decision regarding enforcement in accordance with the provisions of this Book, the court that heard the criminal offence…
Every power granted to the convicted person in this chapter shall also vest in their counsel.
The Public Prosecution Service shall transmit the documents relating to the case to the court. The court shall thereupon forthwith determine a day…
Insofar as not otherwise provided in this Code, the hearing shall take place in open court, in accordance with the provisions of Article 269.
The judicial decisions pursuant to this Chapter shall be reasoned and pronounced in public.
The court hearing the appeal may, after having heard the Public Prosecution Service, lift or suspend an order for the immediate enforceability of a…
A judicial decision as referred to in this Title shall not be subject to any ordinary legal remedy, insofar as not provided otherwise in this Chapter.
Section 1
Verzoeken om internationale rechtshulp in strafzaken
The provisions of this Title shall apply to requests for legal assistance in the context of the investigation, prosecution, trial of criminal…
Section 2
Verzoeken tot rechtshulp gericht aan het buitenland
The public prosecutor, the examining magistrate, and the court of first instance or appeal handling a criminal case are authorised to submit a…
A petition for legal assistance may only be addressed to the authorities of a foreign state if the requirements applicable under the Code for the…
A request for legal assistance may be issued to have a witness or expert who is located in the territory of the foreign state examined by…
Section 3
Verzoeken tot rechtshulp gericht aan Nederland
Unless Our Minister of Security and Justice is of the immediate opinion that the request for legal assistance from a foreign state cannot be granted…
The petition shall not be granted in cases where, after consultation with the authorities of the requesting state, it must be determined that…
The public prosecutor shall ensure the prompt execution of a request for legal assistance that is eligible for granting.
If the request for legal assistance solely concerns a request for information and the obtaining thereof does not require the use of coercive measures…
In the execution of a request for legal assistance to that effect from a foreign state, investigative powers may be applied, insofar as these could…
The examining magistrate may, upon the motion of the public prosecutor, execute a request for the examination of a witness or expert by…
The public prosecutor is authorised, if necessary through the intervention of Our Minister of Security and Justice, to make the results of the…
The person concerned from whom objects have been seized or data has been demanded in the context of the execution of a request for mutual legal…
Insofar as a treaty provides for this, telecommunications may be intercepted at the request of a foreign authority for the purpose of direct…
A notification, based on a treaty, from the competent authorities of another state regarding the intention to intercept or record the…
The service and delivery of documents to third parties, in compliance with a request for legal assistance, shall be effected with corresponding…
Section 4
Feiten begaan aan boord van luchtvaartuigen
When the investigation, which must be instituted following the landing of a foreign aircraft in the Netherlands pursuant to Article 13, paragraph 4…
In cases where there is reason to suspect that the act of a passenger of an aircraft, on the basis of which said passenger was transferred after the…