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 367 
1.  A civil servant charged with guarding a person who is deprived of his liberty by order of the 
authorities or by virtue of a judgment or a decision given in chambers, who intentionally allows that 
person to escape or intentionally frees him or assists in the freeing of that person or assists him in 
his own escape, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine of the 
fourth category. 
2.   If the escape or freeing of that person o
r that person’s own escape is caused by his negligence, 
he shall be liable to a term of detention not exceeding two months or a fine of the second category.