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

Article 1 Definitions For the purposes of this Convention: a) “Sentence” means any punishment or measure involving deprivation of liberty ordered by a judge on account of a criminal offence; b) “Judgment” means a decision or order of a judge imposing a sentence; c) “Sentenced person” means a person who has been sentenced by final judgment of a judge of one of the Parties and is serving his sentence in the sentencing State; d) “Sentencing State” means the State in which the sentence was imposed on the person. With regard to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, “sentencing State” means the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao or Sint Maarten, in whichever of these parts of the Kingdom sentencing takes place; e) “Administering State” means the State to which the sentenced person may be or has been transferred in order to serve his sentence. With regard to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, “administering State” means 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 Convention; f) “the Ministry of Justice”: in the Dominican Republic, the Office of the Attorney-General and in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Ministry of Security and Justice of the Netherlands, the Ministry of Justice of Aruba, the Ministry of Justice of Curaçao or the Ministry of Justice of Sint Maarten, in whichever of these parts of the Kingdom the sentenced person has his principal residence, or where sentencing takes place.