Chapter 1
General provisions

Section 2
Limitations of the scope of application

This Act shall not apply to:

1) extradition;

2) international co operation in the enforcement of criminal judgements, transfer of sentenced persons and transfer of the supervision persons sentenced to conditional punishment as well as those released on parole, and the enforcement of a sentence of a fine or the enforcement of a confiscation order; nor

3) temporary transfer of a person in custody to appear as a witness or for purposes of confrontation.

Chapter 5
Supplementary rules and instructions and the entry into force of the Act

Section 30
Entry into force

This Act shall enter into force on the 15th day of January 1994.

Nothing in this Act shall prevent Finnish authorities from affording international assistance in criminal matters pursuant to other treaties or other arrangements to which Finland is or becomes a Party, nor under any other provisions of Finnish law relating to the subject matter of this Act.

The provisions in this Act shall not affect the transmission of requests between Finnish authorities and the authorities of a foreign State through the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) or through diplomatic channels.