The Criminal Code, 1889 (Finland)

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Chapter 24 Section 1

Invasion of domestic premises (685/2009) A person who unlawfully (1) enters domestic premises by force, stealth or deception, or hides or stays in such premises, (2) disturbs the domestic privacy of another by making noise, throwing objects or in another comparable manner...

Chapter 24, Section 3 Invasion of public premises (585/2005) (1) A person who unlawfully (1) by force, stealth or deception, enters a public office, business premises, office, production installation, meeting place, other similar premises or another similar building, or the fenced yard of such a building, a barracks area or another area in the use of the armed forces or frontier guard, where movement is restricted by the decision of the competent authority, or (2) hides or stays in premises referred to in subparagraph (1) shall be sentenced for invasion of public premises to a fine or to imprisonment for at most six months.(2) However, an act that has caused only a minor disturbance does not constitute an invasion of public premises.

Chapter 24 Section 1 Invasion of domestic premises (685/2009) A person who unlawfully (1) enters domestic premises by force, stealth or deception, or hides or stays in such premises, (2) disturbs the domestic privacy of another by making noise, throwing objects or in another comparable manner, or (3) disturbs the domestic privacy of another by making telephone calls or by sending messages to a mobile telephone, shall be sentenced for invasion of domestic premises to a fine or to imprisonment for at most six months.

Chapter 24, Section 14 - Public rights (769/1990) The provisions in this chapter do not apply to the gathering, on the land of another, of dry twigs from the ground, cones or nuts that have fallen to the ground or wild berries, mushrooms, flowers or other similar natural products, with the exception of lichen and moss.

Chapter 28, Section 11 Criminal trespass (769/1990) (1) A person who without authorization (1) takes possession of, moves or hides movable property in the possession of another, (2) takes his or her way across the yard of another or uses the land in the possession of another through construction, excavation or another similar manner, or (3) takes possession of land or a building or a part thereof that is in the possession of another, shall be sentenced, unless a more severe penalty for the act is provided elsewhere in the law, for criminal trespass to a fine or to imprisonment for at most three months. (2) However, an act causing only minor inconvenience is not deemed to constitute criminal trespass.

Chapter 35, Section 1 (1)A person who unlawfully destroys or damages the property of another shall be sentenced for criminal damage to a fine or to imprisonment for at most one year. (2)Also a person who, in order to cause damage to another, unlawfully destroys, defaces, conceals or hides data recorded on an information device or other recording shall be sentenced for criminal damage. (3)An attempt of the criminal damage referred to above in subsection 2 is punishable. (540/2007)

Chapter 44 – Offences endangering health and safety (400/2002) Section 1 – Health offence (921/2011) (1) A person who intentionally or through gross negligence in violation of (1) the Plant Protection Act (1563/2011) or Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC, referred to in the following as the plant protection regulation, (2) the Consumer Safety Act (920/2011), (5) the Foodstuffs Act (23/2006) or of a provision or general order or order concerning an individual case issued on their basis produces, handles, imports or intentionally attempts to import, keeps in his or her possession, stores, transports, keeps for sale, conveys or gives goods or substance, product or object so that the act is conducive to endangering the life or health of another, shall be sentenced, unless a more severe penalty for the act has been provided elsewhere in the law, for a health offence to a fine or to imprisonment for at most six months. (565/2011)

(2) Unless a more severe penalty for the act has been provided elsewhere in the law, also a person who intentionally or through gross negligence, in violation of the Product Safety Act or a provision given on its basis or of an order given in general or in an individual case provides, keeps for sale or otherwise in connection with his or her commercial activity provides a consumer service so that the act is conducive to endangering the life or health of another, shall be sentenced for a health offence.

Full reference
Rikoslaki 19.12.1889/39, The Criminal Code 39/1889

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