. Section 1 - Violent resistance to a public official (563/1998) (1) A person who (1) employs or threatens violence so as to force a public official to perform or to refrain from performing an official act involving the exercise of public authority, (2) otherwise employs or threatens violence against the public official because of the official act being carried out, or (3) employs violence against a public official or a related person, as referred to in Chapter 15, section 10, subsection 2, in revenge for the official act, shall be sentenced for violent resistance to a public official to imprisonment for at least four months and at most four years. (2) Also a person who behaves in the manner referred to in subsection 1 towards a person who, at the request or with the consent of a public official, assists the public official in an official duty involving the exercise of public authority shall be sentenced for violent resistance to a public official. (604/2002) Section 2 - Resistance to a public official (563/1998) If the violent resistance to a public official, taking into account the minor significance of the violence or threat or the other circumstances of the offence, is to be deemed committed under mitigating circumstances, when assessed as a whole, the offender shall be sentenced for resistance to a public official to a fine or to imprisonment for at most six months. Section 3 - Obstruction of a public official (563/1998) (1) A person who, without employing or threatening violence, prevents or attempts to prevent an official act, as referred to in section 1, or make it more difficult to carry out, shall be sentenced for obstruction of a public official to a fine. (2) Also a person who behaves in the manner referred to in subsection 1 towards a person who, at the request or with the consent of a public official, assists the public official in an official duty involving the exercise of public authority shall be sentenced for obstruction of a public official. (604/2002) Section 4 - Contumacy to the police (815/2011) A person who (1) fails to obey an order or prohibition issued by a police officer, within his or her competence, for the maintenance of public order or security or the performance of a duty, (2) refuses to provide a police officer with the identifying information referred to in Chapter 2, section 1, subsection 1 of the Police Act, (3) fails to obey a police officer’s clearly visible signal or order for stopping or moving a vehicle, as referred to in Chapter 2, section 11, subsection 1 of the Police Act,