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

3.  The examining magistrate shall give a decision within a period of three times twenty-four hours 
after arrest. Pending the decision of the examining magistrate, the convicted offender shall not be 

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released. 
4.  The convicted offender shall be heard by the examining magistrate. Sections 40 and 191 of the 
Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis. The 
convicted offender’s defence 
counsel has the right to be present when the convicted offender is being heard and to inspect the 
documents relevant to this application. 
5.  If the examining magistrate grants the application of the Public Prosecution Service, he shall order 
the suspension of the conditional release. If he rejects the application, he shall order resumption of 
the convicted offender’s conditional release. 
6.  The Public Prosecution Service shall promptly give the convicted offender written notice of the 
decision of the examining magistrate. 
7.  The period of suspension shall expire by operation of law with effect from the date on which the 
length of the deprivation of liberty is equal to the length of the sentence for which conditional 
release is granted. 
8.  The District Court may revoke the order to suspend the conditional release, ex officio, or on 
application of the convicted offender or the Public Prosecution Service.