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Finland. 1998 ‘Duty to Keep a File.’ Firearms Act (1/1998; amendments up to 804/2003 included); Chapter 3 (Section 25). Helsinki: Minister of the Interior. 1 March
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Section 25: Duty to keep a file
A firearms dealer entitled to trade, manufacture, repair or convert shall keep a file of firearms, firearm components, cartridges and specially dangerous projectiles as further provided by Government decree. (601/2001)
A firearms dealer shall, as further provided by decree, on request, present the file to the police and surrender it to the licensing authority when the trade permit for dealing in firearms expires or if it is revoked.
The file shall be stored for at least ten years after the last entry was made in the file.
[NB: Unofficial translation, legally binding only in Finnish and Swedish. Ministry of the Interior, Finland]