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FIN-2003-L-69099
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Title_of_text
Language Act (No. 423 of 2003).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Finland
Subjects (Classification)
Human rights
Adopted on (Date of text)
2003
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Establishes that national languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. Provides for constitutional right of every person to use his or her own language, either Finnish or Swedish, before courts and other authorities.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2007-12-28 (FIN-2007-L-79897)
Act (No. 1453 of 2007) amending the Language Act (No. 423 of 2003).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Unofficial English translation
Author
Ministry of Justice
Publisher
Finlex
Country
Finland
URL
http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2003/en20030423.pdf