'Giving false testimony' in document 'Finland: Penal Code amendment'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

A new section 12 a shall be added to Chapter 15 of the Penal Code (39/1889) enacted on 19 December 1889, as follows:

Chapter 15 – Offences against the administration of justice (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.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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