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 97 
1.  Any person who enters into communication with a foreign power with a view to inducing that power 
to undertake hostilities or wage war against the State, to strengthening its resolve to do so, or to 
promising to provide assistance for that purpose or to assisting in the preparation of such acts, 
shall be liable to life imprisonment or a determinate term of imprisonment not exceeding thirty 
years or a fine of the fifth category.  
2.   Activities carried out in preparation of the commission of a serious offence as defined in the 
preceding section, shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or a fine 
of the fifth category.  
Section 97a 
Any person who enters into communication with a person resident or a body established in a foreign 
country with a view to inducing such person or body to provide assistance in the preparation, 
promotion or starting of a revolution, to strengthening the resolve of such person or body to do so or to 
promising to provide assistance to or assisting such person or body in doing so, or to preparing, 
promoting or starting a revolution, shall be liable to life imprisonment or a determinate term of 
imprisonment not exceeding thirty years or a fine of the fifth category. 
Section 97b 
Any person who:  
1°.  imports any object suitable for providing material support to the preparation, promotion or 
starting of a revolution, if he knows or has serious reason to suspect that the object is intended 
for such purpose; 
2°.  has in his possession or makes the subject of an agreement any object suitable for providing 
material support to the preparation, promotion or starting of a revolution, if he knows or has 
serious reason to suspect that the object is intended for such purpose and that the object, or 

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any other object it has replaced, has been either imported for that purpose, or is intended for 
that purpose by or on behalf of a person resident or a body established in a foreign country. 
 
shall be liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding ten years or a fine of the fifth category.