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 368 
1.  A term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or a fine of the fourth category shall be imposed 
on:  
1°.  a civil servant charged with the investigation of criminal offences who intentionally fails to 
comply with a request to report an unlawful deprivation of liberty, or who intentionally omits to 
communicate this without delay to his superiors;  
2°.  a civil servant who, having learned in the performance of his office that a person has been 
unlawfully deprived of his liberty, intentionally omits to report this without delay to a civil servant 
charged with the investigation of criminal offences.  
 
2.   A civil servant who, through negligence, causes any omission defined in this section to be 
committed, shall be liable to a term of detention not exceeding three months or a fine of the second 
category. 

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Section 369 
A head of an institution intended for the detention of convicted offenders, persons remanded in pre-
trial detention or persons detained for failure to comply with a judicial order, or of a state institution for 
child protection or a psychiatric hospital, who refuses to comply with a lawful request to produce a 
person detained or admitted to such institution or hospital, or to present for examination the admission 
register or the instrument which must be recorded by law, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not 
exceeding one year or a fine of the third category.