Finland

The Penal Code of Finland

Chapter 1 - Scope of application of the criminal law of Finland

Section 11 - Requirement of dual criminality

(2) Even if the offence is not punishable under the law of the place of commission, Finnish law applies to it if it has been committed by a Finnish citizen or a person referred to in section 6, subsection 3(1), and the penalty for it has been laid down in

(1) sections 5 or 6 of chapter 11, if the act is a war crime or aggravated war crime referred to in article 15 of the second protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict or an act of participation into said acts,
(2) sections 1 – 9 of chapter 15 pursuant to section 12a of said chapter,
(3) sections 1 - 3 of chapter 16 and even if the object of the offence is a person referred to in chapter 40, section 11, paragraph (2), (3) or (5) or a foreign public official who is in the service of the International Criminal Court,
(4) sections 13, 14, 14a and 14b of chapter 16 and even if the provisions are applied pursuant to section 20 of the same chapter,
(5) sections 18, 18a or 19 of chapter 17,
(6) sections 6, 7 or 8a-8c of chapter 20,
(7) sections 1-5, 9 or 9a of chapter 20, if the act is directed at a person below the age of eighteen years,
(8) sections 7, 7a, 8 or 8a of chapter 30 and even if these provisions are applied on the basis of section 14 of said chapter, or
(9) sections 1 - 4 of chapter 40 or 4a, if the offender is a member of Parliament, a foreign public official or a member of a foreign parliament. (637/2011)

Keywords

Jurisdiction
Residence Jurisdiction
Nationality jurisdiction - national proceedings



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