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The criminal code of Finland^[1] (Finnish: rikoslaki, Swedish: strafflag) is the codification of the central legal source concerning criminal law in Finland.

The Criminal Code came into effect in 1894, and it has been modified numerous times since then.

Note: Since English is not an official language in Finland, the English translations of Finnish legislation at finlex.fi^[2] are unofficial but used by the Finnish Ministry of Justice.

^ Ministry of Justice. "The Criminal Code of Finland" (PDF). Retrieved July 23, 2010.
^ Ministry of Justice. "Database of Finnish legislation". Retrieved July 23, 2010.

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-The '''[[criminal code]] of [[Finland]]'''<ref>{{cite web | author=Ministry of Justice | title=The Criminal Code of Finland | url=http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1889/en18890039.pdf | accessdate=July 23, 2010 }}</ref> ({{lang-fi|rikoslaki}}, {{lang-sv|strafflag}}) is the codification of the central legal source concerning criminal law in [[Finland]].
+The '''[[criminal code]] of [[Finland]]'''<ref>{{cite web | author=Ministry of Justice | title=The Criminal Code of Finland | url=http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1889/en18890039.pdf | accessdate=July 23, 2010 }}</ref> ({{langx|fi|rikoslaki}}, {{langx|sv|strafflag}}) is the codification of the central legal source concerning criminal law in [[Finland]].
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