Dutch Legislation

Chapter II

in force

Provisional measures

Transfer of Sentence Enforcement Act (WOTS) (Wet overdracht tenuitvoerlegging strafvonnissen) · Articles: 12

Section A

Provisional detention

8 Article 8

Insofar as a treaty provides for this, a convicted person who is in the Netherlands and upon whom a sanction involving deprivation of liberty has…

9 Article 9

Every public prosecutor and assistant public prosecutor is authorised to order provisional arrest in accordance with Article 8.

10 Article 10

The examining magistrate (rechter-commissaris) charged with the handling of criminal cases at the court of the district in which the convicted person…

11 Article 11

Custody may be ordered for a term of no more than fourteen days. Upon the motion of the public prosecutor, it may be extended each time by a term of…

12 Article 12

Notice of every decision taken pursuant to any of the Articles 8 through 11, in response to a petition from an authority of a foreign state, shall be…

Section B

Seizure

13 Article 13

Pursuant to a petition based on a treaty from a foreign state, a criminal financial investigation may be instituted in the Netherlands, in accordance…

13a Article 13a

Insofar as a treaty provides for this, objects may be seized at the request of a foreign state:

13b Article 13b

Insofar as a treaty provides for this, objects in respect of which an order has been issued by a court of a foreign state with a purport comparable…

13c Article 13c

The provisions of the third paragraph of Article 13 and the fourth paragraph of Article 13a do not preclude seized objects from being surrendered…

13d Article 13d

The examining magistrate and, insofar as this authority is not reserved for the examining magistrate, every public prosecutor and assistant public…

13e Article 13e

In the mutatis mutandis application of Articles 552a and 552c of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the court shall not enter into a new examination of…

13f Article 13f

The public prosecutor in the district where the requested act must be performed has jurisdiction to process petitions as referred to in this section…