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Artikel 107: Codification; administrative law

Artikel 107
  1. Civil law, criminal law and civil and criminal procedure shall be regulated by Act of Parliament in general legal codes without prejudice to the power to regulate certain matters in separate Acts of Parliament.
  2. The general rules of administrative law shall be laid down by Act of Parliament.

In andere talen:

English

  1. Civil law, criminal law and civil and criminal procedure shall be regulated by Act of Parliament in general legal codes without prejudice to the power to regulate certain matters in separate Acts of Parliament.
  2. The general rules of administrative law shall be laid down by Act of Parliament.

Français

  1. La loi règle le droit civil, le droit pénal et le droit des procédures civile et pénale dans des codes généraux, sous réserve du pouvoir de régler certaines matières dans des lois spéciales.
  2. La loi établit des règles générales de droit administratif.

Deutsch

1 . Das bürgerliche Recht, das Strafrecht, das Zivilprozessrecht und das Strafprozessrecht sind in allgemeinen Gesetzbüchern geregelt; bestimmte Gegenstände können in gesonderten Gesetzen geregelt werden.

2 . Das Gesetz enthält allgemeine verwaltungsrechtliche Vorschriften.

Español

  1. La ley regulará el Derecho civil, el Derecho penal y el Derecho procesal civil y penal en códigos generales, sin perjuicio de la facultad de regular ciertas materias por leyes especiales.
  2. La ley establecerá normas generales de Derecho administrativo.

Toelichting

Please note: Only the Dutch-language version of the Constitution has legal effect. 

The rules for civil law, criminal law, and civil and criminal procedural law are contained in nine books of the Civil Code:

  • Book 1: Persons and Family Law
  • Book 2: Legal Persons
  • Book 3: Property Law
  • Book 4: Inheritance Law
  • Book 5: Real Rights
  • Book 6: Obligations in General
  • Book 7: Special Contracts
  • Book 7a: Special Contracts, continued
  • Book 8: Means of Transport and Transportation

and in

  • the Criminal Code
  • the Code of Civil Procedure
  • the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Furthermore, general rules of administrative law are contained in the General Administrative Law Act.