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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 1, section 11, paragraph 2 (563/1998) of the Penal Code (39/1889) enacted on 19 December 1889 shall be amended as follows:

Chapter 1 – Scope of application of the criminal law of Finland (626/1996)

Section 11 – Requirement of dual punishability

(2) Even if the offence is not punishable under the law of the place of commission, Finnish law shall apply to it if it has been committed by [a person who at the time of the offence was, or at the beginning of the trial is, permanently resident in Finland].