Legislation

• Legal Aid Act (257/2002) and its later amendments (972/2004 and 927/2008)
• Act on Public Legal Aid Offices (258/2002) and its later amendments (698/2004, 577/2008 and 929/2008)

• Government Decree on Legal Aid (388/2002) and its later amendments (997/2004, 1208/2005, 867/2007 and 1008/2009)
• Government Decree on Legal Aid Fee Criteria (290/2008)

• Ministry of Justice Decree on Public Legal Aid Offices (390/2002) and its later amendments (1284/2005 and 12/2009)
• Ministry of Justice Decree on the Locations of Public Legal Aid Offices and Their Branch Offices (819/2009)

FINLEX legislation data bank

Updated on 25 January 2011