A new section 19 a shall be added to Chapter 16 of the Penal Code (39/1889) enacted on 19 December 1889, as follows:

Chapter 16 – Offences against the public authorities (563/1998)

Section 12 a – Offences against the administration of justice by the International Criminal Court

For the purposes of application of the provisions on false statement, false denunciation, falsification of evidence, and threatening a person to be heard in the administration of justice, “a court of law” shall also mean the International Criminal Court and “criminal investigations” shall also mean an investigation referred to in the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Section 19 a – Offences against the International Criminal Court

“A public official” referred to in sections 1-3 [violent resistance to a public official, resistance to a public official and obstruction of a public official], and sections 13 and 14 [bribery and aggravated bribery] of this chapter shall also mean an official of the International Criminal Court.

Chapter 40, section 9, paragraph 3 (815/1998) of the Penal Code (39/1889) enacted on 19 December 1889 shall be amended, as follows:

Chapter 40 – Offences in public office and offences by an employee of a public corporation (792/1989)

Section 9 – Provision on application


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(3) The provisions in sections 1 – 4 of this chapter [acceptance of a bribe, aggravated acceptance of a bribe, bribery violation, forfeiture] apply also where the offender is a person in the service of the European Communities, as referred to in chapter 16, section 20, an official of another Member State of the European Union, or an official of the International Criminal Court.

Article 70
Offences against the administration of justice
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:
(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth;
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged;
(c) Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence;
(d) Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court for the purpose of forcing or persuading the official not to perform, or to perform improperly, his or her duties;
(e) Retaliating against an official of the Court on account of duties performed by that or another official;
(f) Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court in connection with his or her official duties.