Lag om ändring av 17 kap. i strafflagen | 14 — Finland law | Esheria

Lag om ändring av 17 kap. i strafflagen

A person who commits aggravated animal welfare offense under the listed aggravating circumstances must be sentenced to imprisonment.

Jurisdiction
Finland
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
14
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
sv
Updated
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Statute overview

About this statute

A person who commits aggravated animal welfare offense under the listed aggravating circumstances must be sentenced to imprisonment. A person who commits a minor animal welfare offence must be fined if the offence is minor overall. The court must impose an animal keeping ban for a gross animal welfare offence, and may impose it in several other animal-related cases. A person under the ban may not own, keep, care for, or otherwise look after animals. Corporate criminal liability rules apply to a listed set of offences and related conduct.

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    fi

  • Undated version · current

    sv

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