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The purpose of the Act on the Restraining Order is to prevent crimes and to improve the possibilities to interfere with severe harassment. A restraining order means that in order to protect the life, health, freedom or peace of a person, another person may be ordered not to contact him/her. A restraining order may be imposed also when the person protected by the order and the person on whom the restraining order is imposed live in the same household.

Updated on June 1, 2010
Ministry of Justice