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concerning a person other than the party himself/herself, where the matter
concerns the right, interest or obligation on which the access of the party to the
information is based.
Section 24 — Secret official documents
(1) Unless specifically otherwise provided, the following official documents shall be
secret:
(1) the documents of the Government Foreign Affairs Committee, unless otherwise
decided by the Committee, as well as the political assessments of the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs and the Finnish missions abroad, the documents
concerning political or economic negotiations with a foreign state and the
coded messages in the field of foreign affairs administration, unless otherwise
decided by the Ministry;
(2) the documents, other than those referred to in subparagraph (1), concerning
the relationship of Finland with a foreign state or an international
organisation; the documents concerning a matter pending before an
international court of law, an international investigative body or some other
international institution; as well as the documents concerning the relationship
of the Republic of Finland, Finnish citizens, Finnish residents or corporations
operating in Finland with the authorities, persons or corporations in a foreign
state, if access to such documents could damage or compromise Finland’s
international relations or its ability to participate in international co-operation;
(3) the reports of offences made to the police and any other authorities carrying
out criminal investigations, as well as to the public prosecutor and the
authorities charged with responsibility for inspection and supervision; the
documents obtained or prepared for purposes of criminal investigations or a
decision on whether to bring charges, as well as the application for a
summons, the summons and the defendant’s response in a criminal case,
until a decision has been made for a hearing in the case, the public prosecutor
has decided to waive prosecution, or when the case has been abandoned,
unless it is obvious that access to the documents will not compromise the
clearing up of the offence, the achievement of the objectives of the
investigation, or without a pressing reason cause injury or suffering to a party,
or compromise the right of the court to order that the documents are to be
kept secret on the basis of the Act on the Openness of Court Proceedings
(945/1984);
(4) the registers maintained by the police, and any other authorities carrying out
criminal investigations for purposes of crime prevention and clearing up of the
particulars of offences; the reports prepared for the prevention of crime; as
well as the photographs and other identifying information taken or obtained in
administrative proceedings for the determination or verification of identity and
the right to travel, and the special identification codes issued to a person or
entered into his/her identity card or travel documents;
(5) the documents containing information on the tactical and technical plans and
methods of the police, the frontier guard, the customs authorities and the
prison authorities, if access would compromise the prevention of crime, the
clearing up of offences or the maintenance of public order or the order of penal
institutions;
(6) documents relating to a complaint before a decision has been made on the
matter of the complaint, if access would compromise the resolution of the
matter or without a pressing reason cause injury or suffering to a party;
(7) documents relating to or affecting the realisation of the security arrangements
of persons, buildings, installations, constructions, and data and
communications systems, unless it is obvious that access will not compromise
the achievement of the objective of the security arrangements;
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