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Section Z5
 

1. In the event of a conviction for one of the indictable offences referred to in sections Z 1 to Z 4, the offender may be deprived of the rights referred to in article 28, paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1, 2 and 4, of the Criminal Code, or if the deprivation is handed down by a court in Bonaire, St Eustatius or Saba, of the rights referred to in article 32, paragraphs 1, 2 and 4, of the BES Criminal Code.


2. In the event of a sentence to a term of imprisonment of at least one year for one of the serious offences referred to in sections Z 1 to Z 3, the offender may be deprived of the rights referred to in article 28, paragraph 1(3), of the Criminal Code, or if the deprivation is handed down by a court in Bonaire, St Eustatius or Saba, of the rights referred to in article 32, paragraph 3, of the BES Criminal Code.