criminal code of Finland (Finnish: rikoslaki, Swedish: strafflag) is the codification of the central legal source concerning criminal law in Finland....
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A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. Typically a criminal...
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Cannabis in Finland is illegal. The 50th chapter of the Criminal Code criminalises all dealings with illegal narcotics, including the production, import...
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"Tilastokeskus". Stat.fi. Retrieved 24 December 2017. "The Criminal Code of Finland". Ministry of Justice, Finland. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022...
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in conjunction with the original Finnish Criminal Code of 1889, life imprisonment consisted of at least 12 years of imprisonment, after which the convict...
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The French code of criminal procedure (French: Code de procédure pénale) is the codification of French criminal procedure, "the set of legal rules in...
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Bans on Nazi symbols (redirect from Modern Use of Nazi Flags)
Finland has no explicit legislation aimed at controlling ownership, display, purchase, import or export of Nazi symbols. However the Criminal Code (39/1889...
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The French criminal code (French: Code pénal français) is the codification of French criminal law (droit pénal). It took effect March 1, 1994 and replaced...
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agitation: Ch. 11 § 10 / Breach of sanctity of religion: Ch. 17 § 10", Criminal Code of Finland, Ministry of Justice, Finland. "Rasisteja vai sananvapauden...
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2021. "Chapter 17, sections 18 and 19" (PDF). The Criminal Code of Finland. Ministry of Justice (Finland). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February...
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Dishonesty (category Criminal law)
of Criminal Law" (5th ed.). pp. 1701–1708. Williams, Glanville; Baker, Dennis. "Treatise of Criminal Law" (5th ed.). pp. 2089–2091. Criminal Code of Finland...
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Blasphemy law (redirect from Blasphemy law in Finland)
convicted of "insulting religion" are given a maximum penalty of 3-8 years in prison. In Finland, section 10 of chapter 17 of the Criminal Code relates...
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Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...
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The age of criminal responsibility is the age below which a child is deemed incapable of having committed a criminal offence. In legal terms, it is referred...
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Volksverhetzung (category German criminal law)
English translation of the German Criminal Code), "incitement of popular hatred", "incitement of the masses", or "instigation of the people", is a concept...
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Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred (redirect from Incitement of ethnic hatred)
kiihottaminen kansanryhmää vastaan) is a crime according to the Criminal Code of Finland's (1889/39 and 2011/511) chapter 11, section 10: Section 10 – Ethnic...
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Finnish Copyright Act and Criminal Code, commonly known as Lex Karpela, was an amendment to make the Finnish copyright legislation and criminal code comply...
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penal code. These procedural issues are codified in the French code of criminal procedure (Code de procédure pénale). It is the procedural arm of French...
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sovereignty, including the Criminal Code promulgated by Czar Alexander III in 1889. Finland had a representative body, the Diet of Finland, which convened in...
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2023. "Criminal Code. Andorra" (PDF). youthpolicy.org. 1999. Retrieved 22 April 2023. "Justice ministry rejects UNICEF criticism of new criminal code provisions...
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Day-fine (category Criminal law)
the criminal code (Geldstrafe), while administrative fines (Geldbuße), such as for minor traffic infractions, usually use fixed amounts. Violations of the...
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the Code of Judicial Procedure (Finnish: Oikeudenkäymiskaari), was instituted as part of the legal codification of 1734. Since then, the Code has undergone...
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influenced French criminal law. French criminal law was first codified during the French Revolution, resulting in the French Penal Code of 1791. Under the...
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transgender (LGBT) history in Finland. 1894 Homosexuality is criminalized in the new Criminal Code and punishable by a maximum of two years in prison. 1971...
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The Penal Code of 1810 (French: Code pénal de 1810) was a code of criminal law created under Napoleon which replaced the Penal Code of 1791. Among other...
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variety of legislation governing the use and access to criminal records, some of which include The Penal Code of Finland 1889, The Criminal Records Act...
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(PDF) on 13 February 2005. Retrieved 24 June 2009. "Criminal Code (39/1889)". The Criminal Code of Finland (Excerpts). Legislation Online. Archived from the...
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Defamation (redirect from Criminal defamation)
Section Denmark". Council of Europe. Retrieved 7 September 2010. OSCE Report 2005, p. 51, item 6. "The Criminal Code of Finland (English version)" (PDF)...
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Napoleonic penal code of 1810 to the newer reformed criminal code, the reform commission considered including an autonomous criminal responsibility for...
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