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related to language legislation and take initiatives in order to rectify defects it has observed.
Section 29 — Reporting

For each term of the Parliament, the Sámi Language Bureau and the Sámi Language Council
appointed by the Sámi Parliament shall issue a report on the application of the legislation on the Sámi
language, on the enforcement of the linguistic right s of the Sámi and on the development of
language conditions, as provided in greater detail by a Government Decree.

The Language Act contains provisions on the Government report on the application of language
legislation.

Chapter 6 — Miscellaneous provisions

Section 30 — Ecclesiastical authorities
The provisions in this Act on the use of the Sámi language before State authorities apply also to the
language of the parties and the language of
documents containing a decision and other documents in the diocesan office of the Diocese of Oulu and
in the offices of the parishes that fall completely or partially within the Sámi homeland, unless the
matter is
to be considered an internal church matter under the Church Act (1054/ 1993), as well
as in the chancellery of the Orthodox Diocese of Oulu.

The provisions in sections 1, 4, 5, 8, 20, and 24 of this Act apply correspondingly to the Evangelical
Lutheran parishes of Enontekiö, Inari, Utsjoki and Sodankylä, unless the matter is to be considered
an internal church matter under the Church Act, as well as to the Orthodox parish of
Lapland.
Section 31 — State funding

An appropriation shall be included in the State budget for purposes of State support to
municipalities, parishes, herding cooperatives within the Sá mi homeland and private entities
referred to in section 18 for covering the specific additional costs of applying this Act.

Section 32 — Status of the Sámi language in certain administrative contexts

Separate provisions apply to the right of the Sámi to receive primary and lower secondary
education in their mother tongue, to instruction in
the Sámi language, and to the status of the Sámi language as a language of teaching, a discipline
and a degree language.

The Act on Child Day -Care (36/ 1973) contains provisions on the right of the Sámi to receive day -
care in their mother tongue.

The authorities referred to in section 2, subsection 1, shall observe the provisions of this Act in the
application of the Act on the Status and Rights of Patients (785/ 1992) and the Act on the
Status and Rights of Social Welfare Customers (812/ 2000).
Section 33 — More detailed provisions

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