Dutch Legislation

Chapter V

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Final provisions

Transfer of Sentence Enforcement Act (WOTS) (Wet overdracht tenuitvoerlegging strafvonnissen) · Articles: 19

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Final provisions

60 Article 60

Where provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure have been declared applicable by analogy in this Act, these provisions shall, insofar as they…

61 Article 61

Orders for police custody, remand in custody or imprisonment, as well as for the extension of a term of deprivation of liberty, issued pursuant to…

62 Article 62

The orders for deprivation of liberty, referred to in the preceding article, are immediately enforceable. The officials mentioned in Article 141 of…

63 Article 63

Convicted persons who have been placed in police custody or in remand custody in accordance with this Act, or whose arrest or continued detention has…

63a Article 63a

During the transfer to or from the Netherlands, the custody of the convicted person is entrusted to Dutch officials who are authorised to take all…

64 Article 64

The convicted person has the right to be assisted by legal counsel. Articles 28, 28a, 37, 38 and 43 up to and including 45 and 124 of the Code of…

64a Article 64a

Article 66a of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to the orders for detention and remand in custody issued pursuant to this…

65 Article 65

In cases where, pursuant to this Act, a decision regarding the provisional deprivation of liberty of a convicted person can or must be taken, it may…

66 Article 66

Articles 73, 79 and 6:2:5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to orders for the termination of provisional detention…

67 Article 67

In cases where it has been irrevocably established that the enforcement of a foreign judicial decision in the Netherlands should not take place, the…

68 Article 68

Articles 36b up to and including 36e, 36h and 36n of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis to services, notifications and…

69 Article 69

Articles 48 and 50 of the Extradition Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to petitions for the transit through Netherlands territory of persons who are…

70 Article 70

Where this Act confers the authority to hear persons, Article 131a of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis.

75 Article 75

The provisions of the preceding chapters shall not apply to the enforcement of custodial sentences imposed by foreign judicial authorities, pursuant…

76 Article 76

This Act may be cited by the title: Transfer of Execution of Criminal Judgments Act.