17 (4) Notwithstanding any secrecy provisions, the data may also be supplied with the aid of a technical interface or in machine-readable form. Section 19 Supplying data to other authorities (1) Notwithstanding any secrecy provisions, the police may supply data from police personal data files other than the Europol Data System referred to in section 30 and the National Schengen Information System referred to in section 31 with the aid of a technical interface or in machine-readable form, if the data is needed: 1) by the Finnish Vehicle Administration for the maintenance of the vehicle register in its data system of road traffic, and for the production of driving licences; 2) by the Defence Staff of the Finnish Defence Forces for the security and monitoring duties and criminal investigation referred to in the Act on the Performance of Police Tasks in the Defence Forces (1251/1995), and for conducting the background checks referred to in the Act on Background Checks (177/2002); 3) by the Frontier Guard for border surveillance, and for conducting border checks and monitoring persons’ entry into and departure from the country; 4) by the Customs for monitoring international traffic, preventing and investigating customs offences, and monitoring persons’ entry into and departure from the country; 5) by courts of law for handling cases concerning firearms, firearm components, cartridges or specially dangerous projectiles; 6) by courts of law for monitoring apprehension warrants, by the Probation Service and the Prison Service for monitoring apprehension warrants concerning persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty, and restraining orders, and for processing authorization matters and