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The Procedure For Setting The Penalty Provision In The

Original Language Title: Asetus rangaistusmääräysmenettelystä

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Regulation on penal procedure

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The presentation of the Minister for Justice is governed by the law of 26 July 1993 (692/93) Pursuant to:

ARTICLE 1

The requirement of penalties, a penalty order, written declarations at the request for penalties, and instructions on how the accused must proceed, if he wishes to oppose the sentence, must be drawn up on the forms printed by the Ministry of Justice, Unless the Ministry of Justice decides otherwise.

The Ministry of Justice confirms the formulae of the forms and instructions mentioned in paragraph 1, as well as the formulae of the other notices used in the penal procedure.

ARTICLE 2

The official issuing the punishment requirement shall verify the identity of the suspect in a reliable manner and make a statement of the sentence.

The penalty requirement or a separate document attached to it shall indicate how the suspect's solvency has been assessed. (21.5.1999/612)

ARTICLE 3

If a penalty requirement requires property to be lost, the value of the property shall be marked with a penalty requirement.

§ 4

If the suspect denies that the act, the penalty or the separate document accompanying it has a significant justification for the denial.

If the suspected person denies the official's assessment of their ability to pay, this must be accompanied by a penalty. In that case, the penalty requirement or the document accompanying it shall be accompanied by a significant assessment of his income, assets and maintenance obligations. (21.5.1999/612)

§ 5

The requirement for punishment must be the official prosecutor who must be informed of the objection to the sentence, the postal address of the prosecutor's office and the last day in which the objection must be declared.

ARTICLE 6 (21.5.1999/612)

Paragraph 6 has been repealed by A 21 MAY 1999 612 .

§ 7

Penalty control solutions are renumbered annually in each district attorney's district. Where prosecutors and prosecutors have more than one penalty, the numbering may be carried out, where appropriate, for each prosecutor and the Deputy Prosecutor.

§ 8 (21.5.1999/612)

The notification of a penalty order shall be sent to the Court of Justice for each month before the 15th day of the following month.

The Centre shall provide information on penalties to the Statistics Centre.

§ 9 (21.5.1999/612)

The documents relating to penalties shall be kept in the file, as provided for in the archives of the official prosecutor's office, on the basis of the number of penalties for each year.

ARTICLE 10

The Ministry of Justice provides general guidance on the filling of the forms used in the penal procedure and the submission of notifications.

ARTICLE 11

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.

Before the entry into force of the Regulation, measures may be taken to implement it.

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

21 MAY 1999 612:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.