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 68 
1. Except for cases in which judgments are eligible for review, no person may be prosecuted twice for 
an offence for which a final judgment has been rendered against him by a court in the Netherlands, 
Aruba, Curaçao, St. Martin or the public bodies Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. 
2. If the final judgment was rendered by another court, the same person may not be prosecuted for the 
same offence in the case of 

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1°.  acquittal or dismissal of the charge(s); 
2°.  conviction, if a punishment is imposed, followed by complete enforcement, remission or 
commutation or immunity from punishment by reason of lapse of the period of limitation. 
 
3.  A person may not be prosecuted for an offence that has been finally settled in his case in a foreign 
country through his fulfilment of a condition set by the competent authorities in order to avoid 
criminal proceedings. 
Section 69 
The right to institute criminal proceedings shall be precluded by the death of the suspect.