Title IVa
in forceVervolging door een strafbeschikking
Section 1
De strafbeschikking
The public prosecutor may, if he determines that an offence has been committed or a crime for which the statutory definition provides for a term of…
Section 2
Oplegging door opsporingsambtenaren en lichamen of personen, met een publieke taak belast
By Order in Council, investigative officers to be designated for that purpose may be granted the authority, in matters concerning offences designated…
By Order in Council, bodies or persons charged with a public task designated for that purpose may be granted the authority to issue a criminal order…
Section 3
Waarborgen bij de oplegging
A penalty order (strafbeschikking) imposing a community service order, a disqualification from driving motor vehicles, or an instruction concerning…
Section 4
Uitreiken en toezenden van de strafbeschikking
A copy of the penalty order shall be served upon the suspect in person as much as possible. A refusal by the suspect to accept the copy shall be…
Section 5
Het doen van verzet
The suspect may lodge an objection against a penalty order within fourteen days after the copy has been served upon him in person, or after another…
Section 6
De behandeling van het verzet
The public prosecutor shall, unless they withdraw the penalty order, submit the objection and the case documents to the court. They shall summon the…
Section 7
Openbaarheid
By Order in Council, categories of penalty orders (strafbeschikkingen) in respect of criminal offences may be designated, which shall be made public…