Finland - 2012 Party Law

Title Section 9f - Election funding register and public access
Article

9f

Election funding register and public access
The National Audit office maintains a register of funding of political parties in which information related to disclosures referred to in subsections 8 c, itemised lists referred to in subsections 9 a(2) and 9 b, and documents referred to in subsection 9 d(1) is stored. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 16(3) of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities (621/1999), every individual will have the right to obtain copies of the register entries and information via public data networks.

The storage of up-to-date and advance disclosures as well as other information in the election funding register, along with access to the register, are governed by the provisions of the Archives Act (831/1994) and the Act on the Openness of Government Activities.

Categories - External oversight (Public access)
- External oversight (Type of authority)
- Party finance (Report and disclosure)
- Secondary legislation (Secondary legislation)
Source Source: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/smur/1992/19920653 (Accessed July 2010)