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Constitution
Chapter 1 Fundamental provisions
Section 1 The Constitution
Section 2 Democracy and the rule of law
Section 3 Parliamentarism and the separation of powers
Section 4 The Territory of Finland
Section 5 Finnish citizenship
Chapter 2 Basic rights and liberties
Section 6 Equality
Section 7 The right to life, personal liberty and integrity
Section 8 The principle of legality in criminal cases
Section 9 Freedom of movement
Section 10 The right to privacy
Section 11 Freedom of religion and conscience
Section 12 Freedom of expression and right of access to information
Section 13 Freedom of assembly and freedom of association
Section 14 Electoral and participatory rights
Section 15 Protection of property
Section 16 Educational rights
Section 17 Right to one's language and culture
Section 18 The right to work and the freedom to engage in commercial activity
Section 19 The right to social security
Section 20 Responsibility for the environment
Section 21 Protection under the law
Section 22 Protection of basic rights and liberties
Section 23 Basic rights and liberties in situations of emergency
Chapter 3 The Parliament and the Representatives
Section 24 Composition and term of the Parliament
Section 25 Parliamentary elections
Section 26 Extraordinary parliamentary elections
Section 27 Eligibility and qualifications for the office of Representative
Section 28 Suspension of the office of a Representative and release or dismissal from office
Section 29 Independence of Representatives
Section 30 Parliamentary immunity
Section 31 Freedom of speech and conduct of Representatives
Section 32 Conflict of interest
Chapter 4 Parliamentary activity
Section 33 Parliamentary session
Section 34 The Speaker and the Speaker's Council
Section 35 Committees of the Parliament
Section 36 Other bodies and delegates to be elected by the Parliament
Section 37 Election of the parliamentary organs
Section 38 Parliamentary Ombudsman
Section 39 How matters are initiated for consideration in the Parliament
Section 40 Preparation of matters
Section 41 Consideration of matters in plenary session
Section 42 Duties of the Speaker in a plenary session
Section 43 Interpellations
Section 44 Statements and reports of the Government
Section 45 Questions, announcements and debates
Section 46 Reports to be submitted to the Parliament
Section 47 Parliamentary right to receive information
Section 48 Right of attendance of Ministers, the Ombudsman and the Chancellor of Justice
Section 49 Continuity of consideration
Section 50 Public nature of parliamentary activity
Section 51 Languages used in parliamentary work
Section 52 Parliament's Rules of Procedure and other instructions and rules of procedure
Section 53 Referendums
Chapter 5 The President of the Republic and the Government
Section 54 Election of the President of the Republic
Section 55 The presidential term
Section 56 Solemn affirmation of the President
Section 57 Duties of the President
Section 58 Decisions of the President
Section 59 Substitutes of the President
Section 60 The Government
Section 61 Formation of the Government
Section 62 Statement on the programme of the Government
Section 63 Ministers' personal interests
Section 64 Resignation of the Government or a Minister
Section 65 Duties of the Government
Section 66 Duties of the Prime Minister
Section 67 Decision-making in the Government
Section 68 The Ministries
Section 69 The Chancellor of Justice of the Government
Chapter 6 Legislation
Section 70 Legislative initiative
Section 71 Supplementation and withdrawal of a government proposal
Section 72 Consideration of a legislative proposal in the Parliament
Section 73 Procedure for constitutional enactment
Section 74 Supervision of constitutionality
Section 75 Special legislation for the Aland Islands
Section 76 The Church Act
Section 77 Confirmation of Acts
Section 78 Consideration of an unconfirmed Act
Section 79 Publication and entry into force of Acts
Section 80 Issuance of Decrees and delegation of legislative powers
Chapter 7 State finances
Section 81 State taxes and charges
Section 82 State debt and guarantees
Section 83 State budget
Section 84 Contents of the budget
Section 85 Appropriations in the budget
Section 86 Supplementary budget
Section 87 Extra-budgetary funds
Section 88 Legitimate receivables from the State to private parties
Section 89 Approval of the terms of service of State officials and employees
Section 90 Supervision and audit of State finances
Section 91 The Bank of Finland
Section 92 State assets
Chapter 8 International relations
Section 93 Competence in the area of foreign policy issues
Section 94 Acceptance of international obligations and their denouncement
Section 95 Bringing into force of international obligations
Section 96 Participation of the Parliament in the national preparation of European Union matters
Section 97 Parliamentary right to receive information on international affairs
Chapter 9 Administration of justice
Section 98 Courts of law
Section 99 Duties of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court
Section 100 Composition of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court
Section 101 High Court of Impeachment
Section 102 Appointment of judges
Section 103 The right of judges to remain in office
Section 104 The prosecutors
Section 105 Presidential pardon
Chapter 10 Supervision of legality
Section 106 Primacy of the Constitution
Section 107 Subordination of lower-level statutes
Section 108 Duties of the Chancellor of Justice of the Government
Section 109 Duties of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
Section 110 The right of the Chancellor of Justice and the Ombudsman to bring charges and the division of responsibilities between them
Section 111 The right of the Chancellor of Justice and Ombudsman to receive information
Section 112 Supervision of the lawfulness of the official acts of the Government and the President of the Republic
Section 113 Criminal liability of the President of the Republic
Section 114 Prosecution of Ministers
Section 115 Initiation of a matter concerning the legal responsibility of a Minister
Section 116 Preconditions for the prosecution of a Minister
Section 117 Legal responsibility of the Chancellor of Justice and the Ombudsman
Section 118 Official accountability
Chapter 11 Administration and self-government
Section 119 State administration
Section 120 Special Status of the Aland Islands
Section 121 Municipal and other regional self-government
Section 122 Administrative divisions
Section 123 Universities and other education providers
Section 124 Delegation of administrative tasks to others than the authorities
Section 125 General qualifications for public office and other grounds for appointment
Section 126 Appointment to State offices
Chapter 12 National defence
Section 127 National defence obligation
Section 128 Commander-in-chief of the defence forces
Section 129 Mobilisation
Chapter 13 Final provisions
Section 130 Entry into force
Section 131 Repeal of Constitutional Acts
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