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NLD-1998-L-71628
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Title_of_text
Penitentiary Principles Act (Penitentiaire beginselenwet).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Netherlands
Subjects (Classification)
Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-07-18
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Chapter I. Terms and Definitions;
Chapter II. Purpose, Management and Supervision;
Chapter III. Designation;
Chapter IV. Selection and Selection Procedure;
Chapter V. Freedom of Movement;
Chapter VI. Control and Use of Violence;
Chapter VII. Contact with the Outside World;
Chapter VIII. Care, Work and Other Activities (provides that prisoners shall be entitled to participate in the work available in the institution (article 47));
Chapter IX. Disciplinary Punishment;
Chapter X. Information, Hearing and Notification Obligation and File;
Chapter XI. Complaints;
Chapter XII. Appeal against the Complaints Committee's Resolution;
Chapter XIII. Appeal Concerning Placing, Transfer Participation in a Penitentiary; Programme, Leave and Interruption of Sentence;
Chapter XIV. Consultation and Representation;
Chapter XV. Special Provisions Relating to Condemned Person with respect to which Article 13 or 19 of the Criminal Code has been Applied;
Chapter XVI. Special Provision Relating to Institutions for Clinical Observation;
Chapter XVII. Transitional and Final Provisions.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1998-02-23 (NLD-1998-R-71629)
Penitentiary Order (Penitentiaire maatregel) 1998.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1881-03-03 (NLD-1881-L-69274)
Penal Code
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Unofficial English Translation
Author
Legislationline
Publisher
OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
URL
http://www.legislationline.org/view.php?document=58098&ref=true
Electronic source title
Consolidated Dutch Text
Author
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
Country
Netherlands
URL
http://wetten.overheid.nl/