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Constitutional Text: Finland 1919, Amendments 1930,1934,1937,1944, 1947 and 1948
1930 AMENDMENT TO FINLAND'S CONSTITUTION OF 1919, NOVEMBER 18, 1930 Number 337 Act on Amending 7 § of the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki the 18th day of November 1930 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67§ of the Procedures of Parliament given the 13th day of January 1928, the aforementioned 7 § of the Procedures of Parliament is amended as follows: 7 § Everyone, who has the right to vote, is eligible to be elected a Representative, without consideration for place of residence. One not eligible to be elected as Representative is one who belongs to such a society, organization, or other combination that acts toward the violent overthrow of Finland's state or social order or seeks to promote or to support such acts directly or indirectly, or who during the immediately preceding three years has worked for the benefit of such combination or in another way has promoted activities targeted at the said intent. In Helsinki the 18th day of November 1930. The President of the Republic Lauri KR. Relander Minister of Justice Karl Süderholm. 1934 AMENDMENT TO FINLAND'S CONSTITUTION OF 1919 MAY 25, 1934 Number 240 Act on Amending 7 and 13 § of the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki the 25th day of May 1934 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67§ of the Procedures of Parliament given the 13th day of January 1928, the aforementioned 7 and 13 § of the Procedures of Parliament are amended, of which 7 § as it is given in the law given the 18th day of November 1930, as follows: 7 § Everyone, who has the right to vote, is eligible to be elected a Representative, without consideration for place of residence. One who has been sentenced to a punishment for high treason, participation in such a crime or preparing or attempting such a crime, shall be, however, ineligible to be elected Representative until the end of the sixth calendar year when he or she has fully suffered the punishment or the other punitive consequences relating to it. Similarly, one who is accused of a crime mentioned in this paragraph or against whom the appropriate prosecutor has sent an indictment to court for charges of such a crime, is ineligible for election. 13 § A representative shall not be accused of a crime nor be deprived of liberty for his or her opinions expressed in Parliament or in handling another issue, unless the Parliament has supported it by a decision, which at least five sixths or, when it is a crime mentioned in paragraph 2 of 7 §, a majority of cast votes have supported it in a vote. This act comes into force the 1st day of July 1934. In Helsinki the 25th day of May 1934. The President of the Republic P. E. Svinhufvud Minister of Justice Eric J Serlachius 1937 AMENDMENT TO FINLAND'S CONSTITUTION OF 1919 MAY 31, 1937 Number 249 Act on Amending the Heading of Chapter 6 of the Procedures of Parliament and on Adding 83 a § to the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki the 31st day of May 1937 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been done in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, the heading of Chapter 6 of the Procedures of Parliament is amended and a new 83 a § is added to the Procedures of Parliament as follows: Chapter 6 Measures Concerning the Bank of Finland and the Social Insurance Institution 83a § The Parliament shall appoint twelve commissioners and provide them guidance to monitor the administration and functioning of the Social Insurance Institution. The commissioners are chosen each time during the first regular session of Parliament after elections for Representatives. The commissioners' term of office begins as soon as the election has been completed and lasts until the Parliament has conducted a new election. Two alternates shall be chosen for each commissioner. 1944 AMENDMENTS TO FINLAND'S CONSTITUTION OF 1919 APRIL 21, NOVEMBER 3, AND NOVEMBER 24, 1944 Number 258 Act on a Temporary Amendment to 54 § to the Finnish Constitution Given in Helsinki on the 21st Day of April 1944 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, 54 § of the Finnish Constitution is temporarily changed as follows: 54 § The Supreme Court shall have a president and a sufficient number of justices. The matters for administering justice, which according to special rules shall be handled by the Supreme Court, shall be prepared in that ministry of the Council of State, to which the matters concerning the administration of justice are given. The head of this ministry shall be present in the Supreme Court when it is being handled. When the head of the ministry has reported himself or herself as unable to appear in the Supreme Court, the matter can however be handled in spite of his or her absence and without his or her participation in the resolution of the matter, if he or she has made a presentation on the matter to the Supreme Court or given a report about it. The Supreme Court requires a quorum of Five Members unless for judgment of specific matters another smaller or greater number has been provided by law. This law is in effect until the end of 1945. In Helsinki the 21st day of April 1944. The President of the Republic Risto Ryti Minister of Justice Oskari Lehtonen Number 771 Act on Amending the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki on the 3rd Day of November 1944 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, 7 § and 13 § of the Procedures of Parliament are amended as follows: 7 § Regardless of place of residence, everyone with the right to vote is eligible for election as a Representative. 13 § A Representative may not be charged with a crime nor deprived of his or her freedom because of his or her opinions expressed in Parliament or because of other procedures he or she observed while handling a matter unless the Parliament has agreed to it by a decision which has passed with at least five sixths of votes cast. This Act shall come into force immediately and shall be applied so that the former members of the Parliament that is now gathered, whose duties as representative have ceased due to the rules of 7 § and 8 § of the Procedures of Parliament, as the former mentioned section before it was, shall be restored to their duties and the Representatives that came to fill their positions shall vacate their respective offices. If such a substitute, however, would be most nearly entitled to become a representative according to the rule published in 67 § of the law given about elections for Representative, in place of someone who vacated the duties as Representative for some other reason, may he or she be given a letter of appointment for the office and may the other letter of appointment for the other be cancelled. In Helsinki the 3rd day of November 1944. The President of the Republic Mannerheim Minister of Justice Ernst von Born Number 839 Act on Amending the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki on the 24th Day of November 1944 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, 6 § and 7 § of the Procedures of Parliament, the latter as it was in the law given the 3rd day of November 1944, are amended as follows: Chapter 1 General Criteria 6 § Every Finnish citizen, both man and woman, who has turned 21 years old, has the right to vote. Those, however, without the right to vote are: 1) Anyone under guardianship 2) A Finnish citizen not registered in this country for the previous three years 3) An individual ordered to the Labor Service or forced labor due to vagrancy until the end of the third year after exiting the Labor Service or forced labor. 4) Anyone judged to lose his or her right to vote or to be without the public trust or declared unfit for state service or to represent another's interests, regardless of whether the judgment is final or not; as well as 5) An individual proven guilty of buying or selling votes in an election for Representative or of trying to do so or who has voted in more than one place or has disturbed the freedom of election by violence or threat, until the end of the sixth calendar year after the final judgment was given in the matter. 7 § Regardless of place of residence, everyone with the right to vote is eligible for election as a Representative. An individual in the standing army, however, cannot be elected as a Representative. 1947 AMENDMENT TO FINLAND'S CONSTITUTION OF 1919 JULY 30, 1947 No 539 On Amending 90 § of the Finnish Constitution Given in Helsinki the 30th Day of June 1947 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been done in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, 90 § of the Finnish Constitution as given the 17th day of July 1919 is amended as follows: 90 § Special rules are in force for the manner of filling the offices of a university, the Helsinki University of Technology, the Evangelical- Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church, city mayors and city council members, and the Bank of Finland. The President shall name the officers of the Army and Navy. Other military promotions and training matters shall be regulated separately. In Helsinki the 30th day of June 1947. The President of the Republic J. K. Paasikivi Minister of Commerce and Industry Uuno Takki 1948 AMENDMENTS TO FINLAND'S CONSTITUTION OF 1919 AUGUST 20 AND NOVEMBER 5, 1948 Number 619 Act On Amending 16 § of the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki on the 20th day of August 1948 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, a new Paragraph 4 is added to 16 § of the Procedures of Parliament as follows: 16 § The right of a Representative to a pension shall be provided by an act. This law comes into force on the 1st day of September 1948. In Helsinki the 20th day of August 1948. The President of the Republic J.K. Paasikivi Minister of Justice Tauno Suontausta Number 626 Act On Amending the Heading of Chapter 6 of the Procedures of Parliament as well as adding 83 b § to the Procedures of Parliament. Given in Helsinki the 20th day of August 1948 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been made in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, the heading of Chapter 6 of the Procedures of Parliament is amended and a new 83 b § is added to the Procedures of Parliament as follows: Chapter 6 Measures concerning the Bank of Finland and the Social Security Institute as well as the Library of Parliament 83 b § The Library of Parliament shall be regulated by law, which library is a public institution under the care and oversight of Parliament and for which the Parliament shall pass regulations. In Helsinki the 20th day of August 1948 The President of the Republic J.K. Paasikivi Prime Minister K.A. Fagerholm Number 775 Act On Amending 37 § of the Procedures of Parliament Given in Helsinki the 5th day of November 1948 According to a decision of Parliament, which has been done in the manner prescribed in 67 § of the Procedures of Parliament, Paragraph 1 of 37 § of the Procedures of Parliament is amended as follows: 37 § If a representative desires to ask a question of a member of the Council of State, which question must be answered, regarding a matter belonging to the portfolio of the member, may he or she give the question in writing and exact in its contents to the Speaker, who shall bring it to the knowledge of the member of the Council of State. At the time agreed upon with the Speaker, the member of the Council of State gives an oral or written answer within thirty days of receiving the question, unless he or she sees fit that an answer must not be given due to the quality of the matter, in which case the reasons for this must be reported to the Parliament in the same time period. May this type of matter not be discussed in Parliament nor may a decision be made. In Helsinki the 5th day of November 1948 The President of the Republic J.K. Paasikivi Minister of Justice Tauno Suontausta
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