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

4.  For the purpose of implementation of the programme, the institutions or organisations, referred to 
in subsection (3), shall establish a plan, tailored to the problems of the convicted offender. Rules 
pertaining to the requirements that the plan and the programmes and the institutions or 
organisations, referred to in subsection (3), must meet, may be laid down by or pursuant to 
Governmental Decree. In addition, rules pertaining to the operating procedure of the institutions or 
organisations, referred to in subsection (3), may be laid down by or pursuant to Governmental 
Decree.  
5.  The measure shall be imposed for a minimum period of six months and a maximum period of one 
year. The term shall start to run after the judgment has become final. 
6.  The foundation, as referred to in section 1(1) of the Youth Care Act, shall be charged with 
preparing and supporting the enforcement of the measure. In the enforcement of the measure, the 
foundation shall establish the identity of the convicted offender in the manner referred to in section 
27a(1, first sentence) and (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Public Prosecution Service 
may request progress reports on the convict
ed offender’s compliance with the measure from the 
foundation. If at the time of enforcement of the measure the juvenile reaches or has reached the 
age of eighteen years, the court may order that a probation service, as referred to in section 
14d(2), shall support the enforcement of the measure.  
7.  The term of the measure shall not run during the period that the convicted offender is deprived of 
his liberty by law for other reasons and when he is absent without leave during such period of 
deprivation of liberty.