Legal and judicial

Legal, judicial, crime, police, prostitution, trafficking, tort liability, prison, probation, legal aid

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• Translations (Swedish Code of Statutes)

• 2010:299 Act on Criminal Responsibility for Public Provocation, Recruitment and

  • Act on Criminal Responsibility for Public Provocation, Recruitment and Training concerning Terrorist Offences and other Particularly Serious Crime (2010:299) (pdf 98 kB)

• 2007:1141 Ordinance containing instructions for the Swedish Commission on Security and Integrity Protection (external link)

  SFS 2007:1141 Förordning med instruktion för Säkerhets- och integritetsskyddsnämnden
  Link to The Commission on Security and Integrity Protection's website

• 2007:980 Act on Supervision of Certain Crime-Fighting Activities;

  SFS 2007:980 Lag (2007:980) om tillsyn över viss brottsbekämpande verksamhet

• 2003:1178 Ordinance on surrender to Sweden according to the European arrest warrant

  SFS 2003:1178 Förordning om överlämnande till Sverige enligt en europeisk arresteringsorder

• 2003:1176 Ordinance on Joint Investigation Teams for Criminal Investigations

  SFS 2003:1176 Förordning om gemensamma utredningsgrupper för brottsutredningar

• 2003:1174 Act on Joint Investigation Teams for Criminal Investigations

  SFS 2003:1174 Lag om gemensamma utredningsgrupper för brottsutredningar

• 2003:1156 Act on surrender from Sweden according to the European arrest warrant

  SFS 2003:1156 Lag om överlämnande från Sverige enligt en europeisk arresteringsorder

• 2003:148 Act on Criminal Responsibility for Terrorist Offences

  SFS 2003:148 Lag om straff för terroristbrott
  

  • Act on Criminal Responsibility for Terrorist Offences (2003:148) (pdf 98 kB)

• 2003:69 Cooperation with the International Criminal Court Ordinance

  SFS 2003:69 Förordning om samarbete med Internationella brottmålsdomstolen

• 2002:599 Group Proceedings Act

  SFS 2002:599 Lagen om grupprättegång
  

• 2002:444 Act on Criminal Responsibility for the Financing of Particularly Serious Crime in some cases, etc.

  SFS 2002:444 Lag om straff för finansiering av särskild allvarlig brottslighet i vissa fall, m.m.

  • Act on Criminal Responsibility for the Financing of Particularly Serious Crime in some cases (2002:444) (pdf 112 kB)

• 2002:329 Cooperation with the International Criminal Court Act

  SFS 2002:329 Lag om samarbete med Internationella brottmålsdomstolen

• 2000:1225 Act on penalties for smuggling

  SFS 2000:1225 Lag för straff om smuggling

• 2000:704 Ordinance concerning International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

  SFS 2000:704 Förordning om internationell rättslig hjälp i brottmål

• 2000:562 International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

  SFS 2000:562 Lag om internationell rättslig hjälp i brottmål (starts on page 44)

• 1999:116 Swedish Arbitration Act (external link)

  SFS 1999:116 Lag om skiljeförfarande
  Link to The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce´s website

• 1984:387 The Police Act

  SFS 1984:387 Polislag
  The Police Act
  

• 1981:774 The Enforcement Code

  SFS 1981:774 Utsökningsbalken
  (Ministry publications series Ds 2002:45)

• 1972:207 Tort Liability Act

  SFS 1972:207 Skadeståndslag
  The translation (1983)

• 1971:291 The Administrative Court Procedure Act

  SFS 1971:291 Förvaltningsprocesslag

• 1968:64 Penal Law on Narcotics

  SFS 1968:64 Narkotikastrafflag
  Chapter 1, Section 1 and 3

• 1962:700 The Swedish Penal Code

  SFS 1962:700 Brottsbalk
  (Ministry Publications series Ds 1999:36)
  

• Chapter 6 of The Swedish Penal Code

  SFS 1962:700 Brottsbalk
  Separate translation of chapter 6 of The Swedish Penal Code takes account of amendments to the Penal Code up to 1 April 2005.

• 1957:668 The Extradition for Criminal Offences Act

  SFS 1957:668 Lag om utlämning för brott

• 1942:740 The Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure

  SFS 1942:740 Rättegångsbalk
  (Ds 1998:65)

• Background reading

• Against prostitution and human trafficking for sexual purposes

  Information material, Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality

• More modern court proceedings

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2008

• Swedish Prison and Probation Service (external link, pdf)

  Swedish Prison and Probation Service, National Prison and Probation Administration, 2008

• International Judicial cooperation - the Role of the Central Authority

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2007

• Legal aid in Sweden (external link. pdf)

  on the website of the Swedish National Courts Administration, 2007

• Interventions with young offenders

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2006

• Booklet, Ministry of Justice, 2006

• Group Proceedings

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2002

• New legislation on sexual crimes

  Fact sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2005

• The Swedish Rules on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice, [2001]