The poenale sanctie (penal sanction) was a legal penalty in both Suriname and the Dutch East Indies. The poenale sanctie was a part of the Koelie Ordonnantie...

Dutch colony of Surinam. Willem III Amsterdam Dutch East Indies Saba Poenale sanctie Oostindie 2005, pp. 7–8. See for example this royal decree Archived...

forced labour by the colonial justice system. The Coolie Ordinances ("Poenale sanctie") of 1880, which allowed the plantation owners to serve as judge, jury...