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 229 
1.  Any person who makes a false medical certificate of the cause of death or of the existence or non-
existence, at that time or in the past, of diseases, infirmities or disabilities or falsifies such medical 
certificate, with the intention of misleading the authorities or an insurer, shall be liable to a term of 
imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine of the fourth category. 
2.   Any person who, with like intention, makes use of the false or falsified medical certificate as if it 

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were genuine and unfalsified shall be liable to the same punishment.