. an Act or Decree, or otherwise hampers the performance of the said duty, shall, unless a more severe penalty has been provided elsewhere in law for the act, be sentenced for resistance to a person maintaining public order to a fine or to imprisonment for at most six months. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person maintaining public order refers to (1) a driver, as referred to in the Act on the Maintenance of Order in Public Transport (472/1977), a person corresponding to a driver and a passenger who upon request is assisting the driver or the corresponding person, (2) a ticket inspector, as referred to in the Act on Penalty Fares in Public Transport (469/1979) and a guardian of public order who is assisting in the inspection, (449/2006) (3) a guard, as referred to in the Private Security Services Act (282/2002) (284/2002), and (4) a guardian of public order, as referred to in the Act on Guardians of Public Order (533/1999). (536/1999) Section 6(a) – Private security company offence (284/2002) A person who engages in private security company operations without a permit or in private security company operations accepts a commission referred to in section 9, subsection 1 of the Private Security Services Act for the maintenance of public order and security, shall be sentenced for a private security company offence to a fine or to imprisonment for at most six months. Section 7 – State border offence (146/2014) (1) A person who (1) crosses the border of Finland without a valid passport, visa, residence permit or other document comparable to a passport, or does so other than through a valid point of entry into or departure from the country, or contrary to a statutory prohibition, or attempts the same, (2) otherwise breaches the provisions on border crossing, or (3) stays, moves or undertakes measures in the border zone in violation of section 51 of the Border Zone Act or without the permission required under section 52 of the Act, shall be sentenced for a state border offence to a fine or imprisonment for at most one year. (2) A foreigner who is refused entry or deported as a result of the act referred to in subsection 1 or a foreigner who seeks asylum or applies for a residence permit as a refugee in Finland shall not be sentenced for a border offence. Also a foreigner who has committed the act referred to in subsection 1 due to the fact that he or she has been subjected to trafficking in human beings referred to in Chapter 25, section 3 or 3(a) shall not be sentenced for a border offence. (650/2004)

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