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Act Relating To The Provision Of The Court Of The Enforcement Of Sentences (1)

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26 AVRIL 2007. - Act respecting the provision of the application of penalties (1)



ALBERT II, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The Chambers adopted and We sanction the following:
CHAPTER Ier. - General provision
Article 1er. This Act regulates a matter referred to in Article 77 of the Constitution.
CHAPTER II. - Provisions amending the Criminal Code
Art. 2. In book 1erChapter II of the Criminal Code, section 7, paragraph 2, 2°, repealed by the law of 9 April 1930, is reinstated in the following wording:
"2° the provision of the application of penalties to the court. »
Art. 3. It is inserted in book 1er, chapter II, section V, of the same Code, a sub-section Ièrebis, including articles 34bis to 34quinquies, as follows:
"Subsection Irebis. - The provision of the application of penalties to the court
Art. 34bis. - The provision of penalties to the court is a supplementary penalty that must or may be imposed in the cases provided for by law for the protection of society in respect of persons who have committed certain serious acts that infringe upon the integrity of persons. This additional sentence shall take place upon the expiration of the effective principal imprisonment or the confinement.
Art. 34ter. - Courts and tribunals shall make a provision to the court for the application of sentences for a period of five years minimum and fifteen years maximum, taking place at the end of the effective main sentence, in the following convictions:
1° the convictions on the basis of Article 54, unless the previous sentence has been pronounced for a political crime;
2° the convictions that, on the basis of section 57, find a recidivism on crime, unless the previous sentence has been imposed on a political crime;
3° Convictions to a criminal sentence on the basis of sections 137, if the offence caused death, 376, paragraph 1er, 417ter, paragraph 3, 2°, and 428, § 5.
Art. 34quater. - Courts and tribunals may make a provision to the court for the application of sentences for a period of five years minimum and fifteen years maximum, taking place at the expiry of the effective main sentence, in the following convictions:
1° Convictions against persons who, after being sentenced to a term of not less than five years' imprisonment for acts that have intentionally caused great suffering or serious harm to physical integrity or physical or mental health, are again condemned for similar acts within a period of ten years from the time the conviction has passed in force of a trial;
2° the convictions on the basis of articles 136bis to 136septics, 347bis, § 4, 1°, in fine, 393 to 397, 417quater, paragraph 3, 2°, 433octies, 1°, 475, 518, paragraph 3, and 532;
3° the convictions on the basis of articles 372, 373, paragraphs 2 and 3, 375, 376, paragraphs 2 and 3, 377, paragraphs 1er, 2, 4 and 6.
Art. 34quinquies. - In the event that the court's provision of the application of penalties is not legally binding, the procedures for offences that form the basis of recidivism are attached to the prosecution file and the reasons for the decision are specified. »
CHAPTER III. - Provisions amending the Act of 17 May 2006 on the external legal status of persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty and the rights recognized to the victim in the execution of the sentence
Art. 4. It is included in the Act of 17 May 2006 on the external legal status of persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty and the rights recognized to the victim in the execution of the sentence, a title XIbis, which reads as follows:
« Title XIbis. - Specific jurisdictions of the Penal Enforcement Court
Chapter Ier. - The provision of the application of penalties to the court
Section 1re. - General
Art. 95/2. § 1er. The court's provision of the enforcement of sentences in respect of the convicted person in accordance with articles 34bis to 34quater of the Criminal Code shall be effected upon the expiry of the effective main sentence.
§ 2. The Court of Enforcement of Penalties decides before the expiry of the effective main sentence in accordance with the procedure established in section 2, either to deprive the person of liberty or to release the convicted person under supervision.
After review by the enforcement court under paragraph 1er, the convicted person who received parole at the end of his effective sentence shall be placed on release under supervision, if any with conditions such as provided for in § 2 of Article 95/7,
§ 3. The convicted person is deprived of his or her liberty when there is a risk in his or her leader that he or she commits serious offences that infringe on the physical or mental integrity of third parties and that it is not possible to overcome them by imposing special conditions under supervision.
Section 2. - The procedure for the execution of the release
Art. 95/3. § 1er. If the convict is in custody, the Director shall render a notice no later than four months before the effective main sentence expires.
§ 2. The Director's opinion contains a reasoned opinion regarding deprivation of liberty or release under surveillance. Where applicable, the Director refers to the specific conditions that he considers necessary to impose on the convicted person.
Article 31, § 1er, 2 and 4, is applied.
If the convicted person is punished for the facts referred to in articles 372, 373, paragraphs 2 and 3, 375, 376, paragraphs 2 and 3, or 377, paragraphs 1er, 2, 4 and 6 of the Criminal Code, the notice must be accompanied by a reasoned opinion from a service or person specialized in the diagnostic expertise of sexual offenders. This opinion contains an appreciation of the need to impose treatment.
Art. 95/4. - In the month of the receipt of the Director's notice or, if the convict is not in custody, no later than four months before his final release in accordance with Articles 44, § 5, 71 and 80, or no later than one month after the return to the territory of the convict for which the probation period ended following the provisional release granted in accordance with Article 47, § 2, the Public Prosecutor's Office shall issue a reasoned notice to the court. He transmits a copy to the convict and the director.
Art. 95/5. § 1er. The review of the case takes place at the first useful hearing of the enforcement court after receiving the notice from the Public Prosecutor's Office. This hearing takes place no later than two months before the effective main sentence expires. If the Public Prosecutor's notice is not communicated within the time limit set out in section 95/4, the Public Prosecutor's Department must render its notice in writing before or during the hearing.
§ 2. The convict, the director, if the convict is in custody, and the victim is informed by court of the place, day and time of the hearing.
The file shall be held at least four days before the date fixed for the hearing at the disposal of the convicted person and his counsel for consultation at the court office of the enforcement of sentences or, if the convicted person is in custody, at the office of the prison where he is sentenced.
The convict may, upon request, obtain a copy of the record.
Art. 95/6. - The enforcement court hears the convict and his counsel, the public prosecutor and, if the convict is in custody, the director.
The victim is heard on the specific conditions imposed in his interest.
The victim may be represented or assisted by counsel and may be assisted by the delegate of a public body or an association approved for that purpose by the King.
The enforcement court may also decide to hear other people.
Unless the publicity of the proceedings is dangerous for public order, good morals or national security, the hearing shall be public if the convicted person so requests.
Art. 95/7. § 1er. The enforcement court makes its decision within fourteen days of deliberation.
§ 2. If the Penal Enforcement Court grants release under surveillance, it establishes that the convicted person is subject to the general conditions set out in section 55.
The Sentencing Court may submit the convicted person to special individualized conditions that affect the risk of committing serious offences that may affect the physical or mental integrity of persons or that are necessary in the interests of the victims.
In the event that the convicted person is made available to the court for the application of penalties for one of the acts referred to in articles 372, 373, paragraphs 2 and 3, 375, 376, paragraphs 2 and 3, or 377, paragraphs 1er, 2, 4 and 6, of the Criminal Code, the Penal Enforcement Court may provide for the release under supervision of the condition of following guidance or treatment with a service specialized in the guidance or treatment of sexual offenders. The enforcement court shall determine the duration of the period during which the convicted person shall follow such guidance or treatment.
§ 3. The judgment shall be notified within 24 hours, by judicial fold, to the convict and brought in writing to the public prosecutor and, if the convict is in custody, to the director.
The victim is informed within 24 hours in writing of the decision and, in the event of a release under surveillance, of the conditions imposed in his interest.
§ 4. The decision to grant release under surveillance is communicated to the following authorities and authorities:
- the head of the local police force of the commune where the convict will settle;
- the national data bank referred to in section 44/4 of the Police Function Act of 5 August 1992;
- where applicable, the director of the courthouse of the judicial district of the place of residence of the convicted person.
Art. 95/8. - Judgment is enforceable on the day on which the convicted person has suffered his or her effective main sentence or, in the event of early release, on the day on which the convicted person is finally released in accordance with articles 44, § 5, 71 or 80.
Art. 95/9. - If, after the decision to issue a release under surveillance but prior to its execution, a situation incompatible with the conditions set out in that decision, the enforcement court may, upon requisition of the public prosecutor, make a new decision, including the withdrawal of the release under surveillance.
Article 61, §§ 2 to 4, is applicable.
Section 3. - The course of deprivation of liberty
Sub-section 1re. - General
Art. 95/10. - At the beginning of the deprivation of liberty, the Director shall in writing inform the convicted person of the possibilities for the execution of the sentence referred to in this section.
Sub-section 2. - Permission and prison leave
Art. 95/11. § 1er. During the period of deprivation of liberty, the court of application of the penalties may, at the request of the convict made available, grant him leave of release as referred to in article 4, §§ 1er and 2, or a prison leave as referred to in Article 6.
If necessary, the enforcement court may also grant leave of release to prepare for the social reintegration of the convicted person. Exit permissions may be granted with a specified periodicity.
Exit leave or prison leave shall be granted provided that there is no provision in the head of the convict for counter-indications to which the setting of special conditions accepted by the convict available may not be met; These contraindications relate to the risk that the convicted person will be subtracted from the execution of his sentence, the risk that he or she may commit serious offences during leave of absence or prison leave, or the risk that he or she may import the victims.
Art. 95/12. § 1er. The written application shall be filed at the prison office, which shall transmit it within 24 hours to the court's office of enforcement of sentences and shall transmit a copy thereof to the director.
§ 2. In the event that this is a request for a prison leave, the Director shall prepare his or her reasoned opinion within two months of receiving the application.
The Director may direct the Federal Public Service Justice Houses Service to prepare a brief information report or to conduct a social investigation in the reception area proposed by the prisoner.
In the event that this is an application for leave to leave, the Director shall prepare his or her informed opinion without delay.
The reasoned notice referred to in paragraphs 1er and 3 shall be communicated to the court of enforcement of penalties; it contains, where appropriate, a proposal of specific conditions that the Director considers necessary to impose. A copy of the notice is transmitted to the convict and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
§ 3. If the Director's notice is not communicated within the time limit set out in § 2, the President of the Court of First Instance may, at the written request of the convict made available, sentence the Minister under penalty of arrest to issue his notice, through the Director within the time limit provided by the President of the Court of First Instance and to provide a copy of that notice to the convict.
The President shall rule after hearing the convict made available and the Minister or his or her delegate, on the advice of the public prosecutor within five days of receipt of the application.
This decision is not subject to appeal.
Art. 95/13. § 1er. Within seven days of receiving the Director's notice, the Public Prosecutor's Department shall prepare a reasoned opinion, forward it to the enforcement court and forward a copy to the convicted person and the Director.
§ 2. If the enforcement court considers it useful to be able to decide on the application for leave to leave or on the request of the convicted person, it may arrange a hearing. This hearing must be held no later than one month after the Director's notice is received.
The file is held at least four days before the date fixed for the hearing at the disposal of the convicted person and his counsel for consultation at the prison office where he is sentenced.
The convict may, upon request, obtain a copy of the record.
§ 3. The convicted person made available, his advisor, the director and the public department are heard.
The enforcement court may also decide to hear other people.
Unless the publicity of the proceedings is dangerous for public order, good morals or national security, the hearing shall be public if the convicted person so requests.
Art. 95/14. § 1er. Within fourteen days of receiving the Director's notice or, if a hearing takes place, within fifteen days of the deliberation, the Penal Enforcement Tribunal renders its decision.
§ 2. The enforcement court shall have the decision to grant the general condition that the convicted person may not commit new offences. Where applicable, it sets the specific conditions in the light of the provisions of Article 95/11, § 1erParagraph 3.
§ 3. The decision to grant an exit permission establishes the duration that cannot exceed sixteen hours.
The decision to grant the prison leave shall be deemed to be renewed on an ex officio basis each quarter unless the court decides otherwise.
The Director shall, after consultation with the convict available, decide on the distribution of leave granted for each quarter.
§ 4. The judgment shall be notified within 24 hours, by judicial fold, to the convict and brought to the attention of the public prosecutor and the director in writing. The victim is informed in writing and within 24 hours of the granting of a first prison leave and, if not, of the conditions imposed in his interest.
§ 5. The decision to grant leave or leave of absence is communicated to the head of the local police in the municipality where the convicted person resides, and to the national data bank referred to in section 44/4 of the Police Service Act of 5 August 1992.
Art. 95/15. - If a prison leave or leave is denied, the convict may apply a new application no later than three months after the date of the decision.
This period of time to apply a new application may be reduced on the basis of the Director's reasoned opinion.
Art. 95/16. § 1er. The Public Prosecutor's Office may appeal to the court for the application of penalties for the revocation, suspension or review of the decision to grant leave or leave with periodicity, in the event of non-compliance with the terms of the award decision or if the convicted person seriously jeopardizes the physical or mental integrity of third parties.
§ 2. In case of suspension, section 66 is applicable.
§ 3. In the event of a review, the enforcement court may strengthen the conditions imposed or impose additional conditions. However, the decision to grant leave or leave is revoked if the convicted person does not agree on the new conditions.
If the enforcement court decides to strengthen the conditions imposed or impose additional conditions, it sets out the time when this decision becomes enforceable.
§ 4. Article 68, § 1erParagraphs 1er § 2, paragraphs 1 and 2, § 3, paragraphs 1er 4, and § 4, is applicable.
§ 5. The judgment shall be notified within 24 hours, by judicial fold, to the convict and brought to the attention of the public prosecutor and the director in writing.
If it is a judgment of revocation, suspension of a penitentiary leave, or in the event of a review of the conditions amended in its interest, the victim is informed in writing of the decision within 24 hours.
The decision to revoke, suspend or review is communicated to the head of the local police in the municipality where the convicted person resides, and to the national data bank referred to in section 44/4 of the Act of 5 August 1992 on the police function.
Art. 95/17. § 1er. In cases that may result in the revocation of the prison leave or leave of absence, referred to in section 95/16, the Crown's prosecutor near the court in which the convict is available may order the provisional arrest of the convict, in charge of giving immediate notice to the court of the application of the relevant penalties.
§ 2. The Court of Applicable Penalties shall decide on the suspension of the prison leave or leave of absence within seven working days after the convict's incarceration is made available. This judgment shall be communicated in writing, within 24 hours, to the convict made available, to the public prosecutor and to the director.
The suspension decision is valid for one month in accordance with Article 66, § 3.
Subsection 3. - Limited detention and electronic surveillance
Art. 95/18. § 1er. During the period of deprivation of liberty, the enforcement court may grant to the convicted person made available limited detention as referred to in section 21 or electronic surveillance as referred to in section 22.
Articles 47, § 1er, and 48 are of application.
§ 2. The procedure for granting shall be in accordance with Articles 37, 49, 51, 52 and 53, paragraphs 1 to 4.
Except in cases where the publicity of the proceedings is dangerous for public order, good morals or national security, the hearing shall be public if the convicted person makes the request.
The enforcement court shall render its decision in accordance with section 54.
If the enforcement court does not grant limited detention or electronic surveillance, it shall state in its judgment the date on which the convicted person is made available may make a new application. This period cannot exceed six months from the judgment.
Sections 55, 56 and 58 apply to the court's decision on the application of penalties.
The judgment of granting limited detention or electronic surveillance is enforceable from the day it has passed into force of tried. However, at a later date, the enforcement court may determine when the judgment is enforceable.
Art. 95/19. - If, after the decision to grant limited detention or electronic surveillance, but prior to its execution, a situation incompatible with the conditions set out in that decision, the court of enforcement of sentences may, upon requisition of the public prosecutor, make a new decision, including the withdrawal of limited detention or electronic surveillance.
Article 61, §§ 2 to 4, is applicable.
Art. 95/20. - Articles 62 and 63 are applicable to the monitoring and control of limited detention and electronic surveillance.
Title VIII is applied.
Section 4. - An annual court's control of the application of penalties
Art. 95/21. - After a one-year deprivation of liberty, based exclusively on the decision made following the provision of the application of sentences to the court, the enforcement court shall consider the possibility of granting a release under supervision.
The Director shall issue a notice four months before the period referred to in paragraph 1er. Article 95/3, § 2, is applicable.
Art. 95/22. - In the month of receipt of the Director's notice, the Public Prosecutor's Office shall prepare a reasoned opinion, which it shall communicate to the court of enforcement of the penalties and shall copy it to the convict and the Director.
Art. 95/23. § 1er. The review of the case takes place at the first useful hearing of the enforcement court after receiving the notice from the Public Prosecutor's Office. This hearing shall be held no later than two months before the expiry of the period provided for in section 95/21.
If the Public Prosecutor's notice is not communicated within the time limit set out in section 95/22, the Public Prosecutor's Department must render its notice in writing before or during the hearing.
The convicted person, the director and the victim are informed by court of the place, day and time of the hearing.
§ 3. The file shall be held, for at least four days before the date fixed for the hearing, at the disposal of the convict and his counsel for consultation at the prison office where the convict is sentenced.
The convict may, upon request, obtain a copy of the record.
Sections 95/6 and 95/7 are applicable.
Art. 95/24. § 1er. Subject to the application of Article 95/2, § 2, paragraph 2, the judgment of granting a release under supervision shall be enforceable from the day on which it is cast in force of judgment and at the earliest at the end of the period provided for in Article 95/21.
However, at a later date, the enforcement court may determine when the judgment is enforceable.
§ 2. If, after the decision to issue a release under surveillance but prior to its execution, a situation incompatible with the conditions set out in this decision, the enforcement court may, upon requisition of the Public Prosecutor's Office, make a new decision, including the withdrawal of the release under surveillance.
Article 61, §§ 2 to 4, is applicable.
Art. 95/25. - If the enforcement court does not grant release under surveillance, it shall state in its judgment the date on which the director must issue a new notice.
This period may not exceed one year from the judgment.
Section 5. - The process of release under surveillance
Art. 95/26. - The monitoring and control of the convict available during the release under surveillance is carried out in accordance with articles 62 and 63.
Art. 95/27. § 1er. The Public Prosecutor's Office may appeal to the court for the application of penalties for the revocation or suspension of the release under surveillance, in the following cases:
1° where it is established by a decision taken in force of a decision that the convicted person made available has committed a crime or offence during the period referred to in section 95/28;
2° in the cases referred to in Article 64, 2° to 5°.
§ 2. In the event of revocation, the convict shall be immediately reincarcerated.
In case of revocation in accordance with § 1er, 1°, revocation is deemed to have taken place on the day the crime or offence was committed.
§ 3. Section 70 is applicable.
Art. 95/28. - Subject to the application of section 95/29, the convict made available to the court for the application of the penalties shall be permanently released on the expiry of the time limit set by the judge in accordance with articles 34bis to 34quater of the Criminal Code.
Section 6. - From the lifting of the application of penalties to the court
Art. 95/29. § 1er. The convicted person released under supervision may apply to the court for the enforcement of the penalties to be terminated during the period of release to the court of enforcement of the penalties.
This written request may be filed two years after the release is granted under surveillance and, thereafter, every two years.
The written application is filed at the court office for the application of penalties.
§ 2. In the month of filing the application, the Public Prosecutor's Office collects all relevant information, prepares a reasoned opinion and communicates all to the court of enforcement of sentences. A copy of the notice is communicated to the convicted person.
Art. 95/30. § 1er. The review of the case takes place at the first useful hearing of the enforcement court after receiving the notice from the Public Prosecutor's Office. This hearing must be held no later than two months after the written application is filed.
The convicted person is informed by court of the place, day and time of the hearing.
§ 2. The file shall, at least four days before the date fixed for the hearing, be made available to the convict and his counsel for consultation at the court's office of enforcement of sentences.
The convict may, upon request, obtain a copy of the record.
§ 3. The enforcement court hears the convicted person and his counsel and the public prosecutor.
§ 4. Unless the publicity of the proceedings is dangerous for public order, good morals or national security, the hearing shall be public if the convicted person so requests.
§ 5. The enforcement court makes its decision within fourteen days of deliberation.
It grants the waiver of the provision if there is reasonably no reason to fear that the convicted person commits new offences.
§ 6. The judgment shall be notified within 24 hours, by judicial fold, to the convict and brought to the attention of the public prosecutor.
The victim is informed in writing of the decision within 24 hours.
The decision to grant the lifting of the provision is communicated to the following authorities and authorities:
- the head of the local police force of the commune where the convict was established;
- to the national data bank referred to in section 44/4 of the Police Service Act of 5 August 1992;
- to the director of the courthouse in charge of guidance. "
Art. 5. Section 96 of the Act is supplemented by the following paragraph:
Cases may be appealed by the Public Prosecutor ' s Office and the convict made available, the decisions of the Court of the Application of Penalties made in accordance with Title XIbis, Chapter 1, and relating to:
(a) deprivation of liberty;
(b) the granting, refusal or revocation of periodic leave and the revision of the specific conditions,
(c) the granting, refusal or revocation of a prison leave and the revision of the special conditions,
(d) the granting, refusal or revocation of limited detention and the revision of special conditions,
(e) the granting, refusal or revocation of electronic surveillance and the revision of specific conditions,
(f) the granting, refusal or revocation of a release under surveillance, and the revision of specific conditions, or
(g) the decision to refuse or grant the lifting of the application of penalties to the court.
Art. 6. In Article 97, § 3, paragraph 1erin the same Act, the words ", periodic leave, prison leave, limited detention, electronic surveillance, release under supervision or waiver of the court's provision of the application of sentences in accordance with title XIbis" are inserted between the words "sentence under title V or title XI" and the words "have a suspensive effect".
CHAPTER IV. - Provisions amending the Code of Criminal Instruction
Art. 7. Section 590, 5°, of the Code of Criminal Instruction, repealed by the Act of 10 July 1967 and restored by the Act of 8 August 1997, is replaced by the following provision:
"5° the decisions to make available to the court the application of the penalties and deprivation of liberty made pursuant to articles 34bis to 34quater of the Criminal Code and section 95/7 of the Act of 17 May 2006 on the external legal status of persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty and the rights recognized to the victim in the context of the execution of the sentence. "
Art. 8. In section 625 of the same Code, replaced by the Act of 7 April 1964 and amended by the Act of 9 January 1991, a 3bis is inserted, as follows:
"3bis of the day of release under surveillance, provided that the provision of the application of penalties to the court was terminated at the time the application was filed; "
Art. 9. In section 626, paragraphs 1er and 2, of the same Code, replaced by the Act of 7 April 1964 and amended by the Acts of 10 July 1967 and 9 January 1991, the words "or if it has been made available to the Government by application of section 23, paragraph 2, of the Act of 9 April 1930 as amended by the Act of 1 April 1930er July 1964 of social defence in respect of abnormals and ordinary offenders" are replaced by the words "or if it has been made available to the court of enforcement of sentences by application of articles 34bis, 34ter or 34quater of the Criminal Code. "
CHAPTER V. - Provision amending the Police Function Act of 5 August 1992
Art. 10. Section 20, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Police Service Act of 5 August 1992, as amended by the Acts of 5 March 1998, 7 December 1998, 17 May 2006 and 27 December 2006, are replaced by the following provisions:
"The police service monitors convicted persons who receive a modality of enforcement of the custodial sentence or receive a modality of enforcement of the court's provision of the enforcement of sentences, convicted persons who have been granted any other measure that suspends the execution of the sentence, convicted persons on prison leave, persons who have been subjected to a probationary suspension or suspended prisoners,
They also ensure that the conditions that are communicated to them and are imposed on convicted persons who receive a modality of enforcement of the custodial sentence or who receive a modality of execution of the court's provision of the application of the penalties, to convicted persons who are granted any other measure that suspends the execution of the sentence, to convicted prisoners, to persons who have been suspended "
CHAPTER VI. - Abrogatory provision
Art. 11. Chapter VII of the Act of 9 April 1930, replaced by the Act of 1er July 1964, is repealed.
CHAPTER VII. - Transitional provisions
Art. 12. In the coming into force of this Act, the records of persons made available to the government in which the Minister of Justice has made either a decision to interfere, or a decision to release the trial, shall be submitted to the general role of the courts for the application of the sentences without charge.
The Minister shall forward the files to the court's office for the application of the appropriate penalties.
If the person receives a release under supervision, the court of the application of the competent penalties is that of the domicile, or failing that, of the residence of the convict placed at the disposal of the law enforcement authority.
CHAPTER VIII. - Entry into force
Art. 13. ÷ the exception of this article, which comes into force on the day of the publication of this Act to the Belgian Monitor, each of the articles of this Act comes into force on the date fixed by the King, and no later than on the first day of the twenty-fourth month following that in which this Act was published in the Belgian Monitor.
Promulgation of this law, let us order that it be clothed with the seal of the State and published by the Belgian Monitor.
Given in Brussels on 26 April 2007.
ALBERT
By the King:
The Minister of Justice,
Ms. L. ONKELINX
Seal of the state seal:
The Minister of Justice,
Ms. L. ONKELINX
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Note
(1) Senate.
Documents: 3-2054-2006/2007: No. 1: Bill. - nbones 2 and 3: Amendments. - Number four: Report.
See also:
Annales du Sénat : 15 mars 2007.
Houses of representatives.
Documents: DOC 51 2999/(2006-2007): 001 Project transmitted by the Senate. - 002: Amendment. - 003: Report. - No. 4: Text adopted in plenary and subject to Royal Assent.
See also:
Full report: 12 April 2007.