Criminal Code Warning: this is not an official translation. Under all circumstances the original text in Dutch language of the Criminal Code (Wetboek van Strafrecht) prevails

Section 86a 
 
1. 
“Dutch aircraft” shall be understood to mean:  
a.  aircraft registered in the aircraft registers of the Netherlands; 
b.  aircraft leased without crew to a lessee whose principal place of business, or if the lessee has 
no such place of business, whose permanent place of residence is in the Netherlands.  
 
2.  For the p
urpose of this Code, an aircraft shall be deemed to be “in flight” from the moment when all 
its external doors are closed following embarkation until the moment when any such door is 
opened for disembarkation. In the case of a forced landing, the flight shall be deemed to continue 
until the competent authorities take over the responsibility for the aircraft and for the persons and 
property on board.  
3.   
For the purpose of this Code, an aircraft shall be deemed to be “in service” from the time when 
pre-flight preparation of the aircraft by ground personnel or the crew thereof begins for a specific 
flight until twenty-four hours after the aircraft has landed. The aircraft shall in all cases be deemed 
to be in service for the entire period during which the aircraft is in flight as defined in subsection (2).