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| Original name: | Laki sananvapauden käyttämisestä joukkoviestinnässä |
| Name: | Act on the Exercise of Freedom of Expression in the Mass Media (460/2003). |
| Country: | Finland |
| Subject(s): | Human rights |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2003-06-13 |
| Entry into force: | |
| Published on: | Finlands Författningssamling, 2003-06-13, No. 460, pp. 2111-217, ISSN: 0787-3182 |
| ISN: | FIN-2003-L-64998 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=64998&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Finlands Författningssamling, 2003-06-13, No. 460, pp. 2111-217, ISSN: 0787-3182 Unofficial English translation  Ministry of Justice, Finlex, Finland PDF (consulted on 2006-06-21)Acts on-line in Finnish and Swedish FINLEX, Ministry of Justice, Finland PDF in Finnish [as amended] (consulted on 2011-03-21) |
| Abstract/Citation: | 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). |