Dutch Legislation

Title VIb

in force

Strafvordering buiten het rechtsgebied van een rechtbank

Code of Criminal Procedure (Sv) (Wetboek van Strafvordering) · Articles: 23

Section 1

Algemeen

539a Article 539a

The powers granted by any statutory provision in connection with the detection of criminal offences or in connection with the investigation thereof…

539b Article 539b

Persons other than investigative officers shall not exercise the powers granted in Article 539a or in the second section of this Title, except upon…

539c Article 539c

In the event of a criminal offence, the commander may, with due observance of the provisions of this Title, collect information and evidence that may…

539d Article 539d

Our Minister of Security and Justice may, in agreement with the Minister of Defence, charge all or certain commanders with the investigation, outside…

539e Article 539e

The commander may delegate an operation, for which he is authorised as such by virtue of one of the provisions of this Title or following a…

539f Article 539f

The commander, the skipper or the pilot in command of an aircraft shall, if he exercises any of the powers granted in Articles 539a or 539c or in the…

Section 2

Toepassing van enige bijzondere dwangmiddelen

539g Article 539g

The authority described in Article 52 shall also vest in the commander, the skipper, and the captain of an aircraft.

539h Article 539h

The suspect may only be arrested:

539i Article 539i

A detained suspect shall be surrendered without delay:

539j Article 539j

The public prosecutor may determine that the detained suspect shall be interrogated. To that end, he may order the surrender of the suspect to a…

539k Article 539k

The detained suspect shall be released immediately after having been interrogated. He may not be held for longer than six hours for the purpose of…

539l Article 539l

As soon as the public prosecutor has taken a decision as referred to in Article 539k, paragraph 3, he shall file a petition for pre-trial detention…

539m Article 539m

The suspect, in respect of whom the second paragraph of Article 539k is applied,

539n Article 539n

The person in whose custody a detained suspect is held shall ensure that the necessary measures are taken to prevent the purpose of the deprivation…

539o Article 539o

The public prosecutor may, in respect of a detained person against whom there are serious objections, issue an order as referred to in the first or…

539p Article 539p

Investigative officers are at all times authorised to seize objects liable to seizure and may demand the surrender thereof for that purpose. The…

539q Article 539q

The public prosecutor may order the restitution of a seized object before it has been placed in the custody of the custodian. The order for…

539r Article 539r

Investigative officers may at all times demand access to documents of which, in their reasonable judgment, access is necessary for the performance of…

539s Article 539s

Investigative officers shall have access to all places insofar as this is reasonably necessary for the performance of their duties. The commander and…

539t Article 539t

The commander of an aircraft may, pursuant to Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board…

Section 3

Verplichtingen van de schipper

539u Article 539u

The master shall, without delay and in the most expeditious manner possible, notify the public prosecutor of any criminal offence committed on board…

539v Article 539v

The master of a Dutch vessel shall ensure that a register of criminal offences is kept on board, which shall be numbered page by page.

539w Article 539w

The master of any vessel shall, upon the first demand of an official who has access to his vessel by virtue of any statutory provision, provide said…