Trial with electronic monitoring for exclusion orders
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om tilhold, opholdsforbud og bortvisning (Forsøgsordning med elektronisk kontrol som supplement til opholdsforbud)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- A person with an exclusion order can be required to wear electronic equipment that records where the person moves.
- This only happens when it is necessary to make sure the order is followed.
- The requirement applies for up to 1 year.
- Deliberate violation is punished with a fine or prison for up to 2 years.
- When the exclusion zone is set, weight can be given to the police response time.
- The purpose of the act is a trial scheme with the so-called reversed electronic tag in cases involving, among other things, stalking and partner violence.
- Who: The rules apply to persons who have been given an exclusion order. The scheme is not only for cases of stalking and partner violence, but is especially to be used in such cases.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget har til formål at indføre en forsøgsordning med elektronisk kontrol som supplement til opholdsforbud – den såkaldte omvendte fodlænke – i sager om bl.a. stalking og partnervold. Med lovforslaget foreslås det bl.a., at en person kan påbydes at bære elektronisk udstyr, der registrerer personens færden (elektronisk kontrol), som supplement til et opholdsforbud, når det er påkrævet af hensyn til at sikre overholdelsen af opholdsforbuddet. Det foreslås desuden, at politiet får mulighed for at lægge vægt på politiets responstid i forbindelse med fastlæggelsen af opholdsforbuddets forbudszone. Det foreslås endvidere, at påbud om elektronisk kontrol gives for et bestemt tidsrum på indtil 1 år. Det foreslås endelig, at forsætlig overtrædelse af påbud om elektronisk kontrol straffes med bøde eller fængsel indtil 2 år, og at der kan fastsættes straf af bøde eller fængsel indtil 2 år for overtrædelse af bestemmelser i forskrifter, der udstedes i medfør af loven. Det foreslås, at loven træder i kraft den 1. juli 2025.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 15 January 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 3 April 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 8 April 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 1 July 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet