Artikel 1 Verdrag inzake de overbrenging van gevonniste personen tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Republiek Peru

Article 1 Definitions For the purpose of this Treaty: a.“Sentence”: means any punishment or measure involving deprivation of liberty ordered by a judge or a court on account of a criminal offence; b.“Judgement”: means a decision or order of a judge or a court imposing a sentence; c.“Sentenced person”: means a person who has been sentenced by a final judgement of a judge or a court of one of the Parties and is serving his sentence in the transferring State; d.“National”: means, in relation to the Republic of Peru, any person to whom the Political Constitution of Peru confers Peruvian nationality and, in relation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, any person who, in accordance with the legislation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, possesses the Dutch nationality; e.“Transferring State”: means the State in which the sentence was imposed on the person. As for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, “transferring State” is taken to mean the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten, in whichever of these parts of the Kingdom the sentencing takes place; f.“Receiving State”: means the State to which the sentenced person may be, or has been, transferred in order to serve his sentence. As for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, “receiving State” is taken to mean the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, or Sint Maarten, in whichever of these parts of the Kingdom the sentenced person has his principal residence, unless otherwise stipulated by this Treaty; g.“Competent Authorities”: for the Republic of Peru, el Ministerio Público-Fiscalía de la Nación; for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Minister of Justice of the Netherlands, the Minister of Justice of Aruba, the Minister of Justice of Curaçao or the Minister of Justice of Sint Maarten shall have the functions of the competent authority in whichever of these parts of the Kingdom the sentenced person has his principal residence or where sentencing took place.