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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)