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Act on the Exercise of Freedom of Expression in the Mass Media (460/2003).

Main Region

First Region

Finland
Human rights
2003-06-13
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Laki sananvapauden käyttämisestä joukkoviestinnässä
Contains 26 sections covering, inter alia, general provisions (objectives, definitions, scope of application), publishers' obligations (editors, duty to provide information, duty to publish public authorities messages under certain circumstances), rights for private person to reply to published message and to correct published false information as well as duty to publish such message, liability for contents of published message, means of coercion, sanctions and miscellaneous. Repeals Freedom of the Press Act (No. 1 of 1919) and Radio Liability Act (No. 219 of 1971).

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    2004-01-01
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Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Finlands Författningssamling
    Date
    2003-06-13
    Number
    No. 460
    Page range
    pp. 2111-217
    ISBN
    0787-3182