Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the offence of failing to return withdrawn documents under Art. 97(1)(2) SVG is made out without proper notice of the withdrawal and return order.
Decisione estratta
The offence requires that the withdrawal decision and return order were properly served, or that the holder otherwise had reliable knowledge of the duty to return the documents.
Motivazione estratta
A criminal sanction cannot rest on a return order of which the addressee had no effective knowledge because of defective service; otherwise no effective official instruction exists and the addressee suffers no fault from the missed return.