'Unique provision - war crimes' in document 'Finland - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 11 – War crimes and crimes against humanity

Section 8 - Breach of the prohibition of chemical weapons

A person, who in breach of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (Treaties of Finland 19/1979)

(1) uses chemical weapons in a manner not referred to in sections 5 - 7 of this chapter,
(2) develops, produces, otherwise procures, stockpiles, possesses or transports chemical weapons, or
(3) participates in military preparations for the use of chemical weapons,
shall be sentenced for breach of the prohibition of chemical weapons to imprisonment for at least four months and at most six years.