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 77o 
1.  The Child Protection Board [Raad voor de Kinderbescherming] shall be charged with preparing 
and supporting the enforcement of community service orders. The Public Prosecution Service may 
request progress reports on the convicted offender’s performance of community service from the 
Child Protection Board. The Public Prosecution Service may request its assistance and give it the 
necessary assignments. The Child Protection Board shall have the authority to give instructions to 
the foundation, referred to in section 1(1) of the Youth Care Act, when the foundation, referred to in 
section 1(1) of the Youth Care Act, is charged with the enforcement of community service. 
2.  In the enforcement of community service, the identity of the convicted offender shall be established 
in the manner referred to in section 27a(1, first sentence) and (2) of the Code of Criminal 
Procedure. 
3.  The Public Prosecution Service may, after having consulted the Child Protection Board and the 
convicted offender, amend the punishment imposed, except for the number of hours imposed, if it 
is of the opinion that the convicted offender is or was unable to perform the work fully in 
accordance with the judgment or the punishment order. Such amendment shall approximate, as 
closely as possible, the community service imposed. The Public Prosecution Service shall give the 
convicted offender and the Child Protection Board notice of this amendment. 
4.  The Public Prosecution Service shall serve this notice on the convicted offender as soon as 
possible. The notice shall state the number of hours of community service which, in the opinion of 
the Public Prosecution Service, have been performed, and the punishment as established for the 
remainder. 
5.  The convicted offender may file a notice of objection against the notice referred to in subsection (3) 

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to the court that imposed the sentence within fourteen days after its service. The court may amend 
the decision of the Public Prosecution Service. Subsection (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.