Legal and judicial

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• Translations (Swedish Code of Statutes)

• SFS 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 (external link)

  SFS 2003:148 Lag om straff för terroristbrott
  Act on Criminal Responsibility for Terrorist Offences on the website of the Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products

• 2003:69 Cooperation with the International Criminal Court Ordinance

  SFS 2003:69 Förordning om samarbete med Internationella brottmålsdomstolen

• 2002:329 Cooperation with the International Criminal Court Act

  SFS 2002:329 Lag om samarbete med Internationella brottmålsdomstolen

• 2002:599 Group Proceedings Act

  SFS 2002:599 Lagen om grupprättegång
  

• 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)

• 1999:163 Money Laundering Registers Act

  SFS 1999:163 Lag om penningtvättregister

• 1999:116 Swedish Arbitration Act (external link)

  SFS 1999:116 Lag om skiljeförfarande
  Swedish Arbitration Act on the website of the The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (the SCC Institute)

• 1998:112 Act on Responsibility for Electronic Bulletin Boards

  SFS 1998:112 Lag om ansvar för elektroniska anslagstavlor

• 1993:768 Act on Measures against Money Laundering

  SFS 1993:768 Lag om åtgärder mot penningtvätt

• 1984:387 The Police Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1984:387 Polislag
  The Police Act on the website of the Swedish National Police Board

• 1981:774 The Enforcement Code

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

• 1974:203 The Prison Treatment Act (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1974:203 Lag om kriminalvård i anstalt
  The Prison Treatment Act on the website of the National Prison and Probation Administration

• 1971:291 The Administrative Court Procedure Act

  SFS 1971:291 Förvaltningsprocesslag

• 1968:64 Penal Law on Narcotics

  SFS 1968:64 Narkotikastrafflag

• 1962:700 The Swedish Penal Code

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

• 1962:700 The Swedish Penal Code Chapter 6

  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)

• 1937:81 Act on conflict of laws in regard to succession

  SFS 1937:81 Lag om internationella rättsförhållanden rörande dödsbo

• Background reading

• 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

• Initiatives to help young people at risk of violence and oppression in the name of honour

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, 2007

• Interventions with young offenders

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2006

• The Swedish judicial system - a brief introduction

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice, 2006

• New legislation on sexual crimes

  Fact sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2005

• Group Proceedings

  Fact Sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2002

• The Swedish Rules on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice, [2001]

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

  Swedish Prison and Probation Service
  on the website of the National Prison and Probation Administration