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The Law Of The Swedish Finlands Folkting-A Chapter Of The Organization

Original Language Title: Laki Svenska Finlands folkting -nimisestä järjestöstä

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Law Svenska Finlands folkting

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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:

ARTICLE 1
Tasks

Svenska Finlands folkting ('Folktinget ') is responsible for promoting the rights and activities of the Swedish people in the Swedish language in order to develop the cultural and social conditions of this population and the status of the Swedish language In Finland.

In particular, the Folktinget shall monitor the exercise of the linguistic rights of the proceedings before the Court and the other authority.

To carry out its tasks, the Folktinget will make presentations, deliver opinions and provide information and awareness-raising activities.

ARTICLE 2
Legal capacity and domicile

The Folktinges can acquire rights and make commitments and be a party to the courts and other authorities.

The seat of the Folktinget is Helsinki.

ARTICLE 3
Composition and term of office of the Folktinget

The Folktinget consists of 75 representatives elected for four calendar years at a time.

§ 4
Selection of representatives

Representatives shall be elected in the context of the municipal elections, in such a way as to determine the distribution of seats on the basis of votes in the municipal elections of the candidates in the Swedish language.

However, for a specific reason, the Folktinget Government may decide that the election of the representatives is directly directly elected. Elections will then have the right to vote in municipal elections, which has notified the civil population system as their mother tongue in Swedish.

However, the election of representatives of the province of Åland and their alternates shall be made by the members of the Åland days of the Åland Islands, as specified in the Folktinget rules.

§ 5
Folktinget meeting

The Folktinget will meet in full every year by the end of May. If necessary, the Folktinget may meet for an extraordinary session.

Decisions shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast. In the event of a tie, however, the President shall have the casting vote. However, a decision to amend the rules shall be taken by a majority of at least two thirds of the votes cast.

ARTICLE 6
The items to be decided in situ

The sitting must decide:

(1) amending the rules of the Folktinget;

(2) the number of members of the Board of Directors, the election or dismissal of a government or its member or auditor;

(3) the adoption of the accounts and the discharge; and

4) other matters which, according to the rules, are part of the session.

§ 7
Government

The Folktington has a government consisting of a chairman, two vice-presidents and a minimum of five members and a maximum of 15 members and their personal alternates. The Board of Directors shall be elected in the full session every two years. The term of office of the Board of Directors shall expire at the end of the formal sitting of the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors shall have a quorum when the President or the Vice-President and at least half of the members are present.

The government represents the Folktinget. The Board of Directors must carefully manage the Folktinget issues in accordance with the law and the decisions of the Folktinget and the decisions of the sitting.

The nationality of a member of the Board of Directors is in force, as is the case for damages. (103/1989) Provides.

§ 8
Office

For the preparation of decisions and for dealing with matters, the Folktinget has an office.

The Office shall be headed by the Secretary-General. Moreover, the office has the necessary number of other staff.

§ 9
Signatories

The right to write the name of the Folktinget is to be written by the President of the Government, the Vice-Presidents, the Secretary-General or the person who has the individual right of the government to do so.

ARTICLE 10
Accounting and auditing

The Folktinget is an accounting officer and accounts for accounting law (136/1997) .

The Folktington must have at least one auditor and deputy auditor, who should be in the auditing law (17/01/2015) Of the European Union. For the rest, an audit law shall apply to the audit. (18.9.2015/1152)

L to 22/2015 (2) shall enter into force on 1 January 2016. The previous wording reads:

The Folktington shall have two auditors and two deputy auditors. At least one auditor and one alternate auditor shall be auditors approved by the Central Chamber of Commerce or Chamber of Commerce. For the remainder of the audit, the audit law shall apply. (186/1994) .

The Folktinget's financial year is the calendar year.

ARTICLE 11
Financing of activities

The State budget shall set aside funds for the tasks of the Folktinget under this law.

A State aid law shall apply to State aid granted under Article 1 (1) (2002) .

ARTICLE 12
Rules

The structure, administration and election of the Folktinget shall be specified in the statutes of the Folktinget, which shall approve the Folktinget session.

ARTICLE 13
Entry and transitional provisions

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

By this law, the Law of 29 November 1985 on State aid to Svenska Finlands folkting (182/1985) .

The State aid for 2003 and previous years shall be governed by the provisions of the Folktinget State Aid Act which entered into force at the time of entry into force of this Act.

Before the law enters into force, measures may be taken to implement it. Before the adoption of the rules referred to in this Act, the provisions of the Folktinget Statute, the electoral order, the Rules of Procedure and the Rules of Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis when this Act enters into force.

THEY 118/2003 , SiVM 4/2003, EV 97/2003

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

18.09.2015/1152:

This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2016.

THEY 254/2014 , TaVM 34/2014, EV 371/2014