Companion Law 655 amended the Coercive Measures Act so that a person suspected on probable grounds of the new drug-use offence could undergo a bodily examination, despite its six-month maximum sentence falling below the ordinary threshold for that power. Laws 656 and 657 made corresponding changes for prisoners and remand detainees. These measures accompanied the lower-penalty use offence rather than decriminalising cannabis or exempting users from investigative powers.[1]
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References
- Finland — original Laws 654–659/2001, Suomen säädöskokoelma (Finlex)Laws 655–657, printed pp. 2079–2081; bodily examinations and commencementarchived
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