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nized and established laws and customs of war in accordance with international
law shall be sentenced for a war crime.
(3) An attempt is punishable.
Section 6 - Aggravated war crime (212/2008)
(1) If the war crime is committed as part of a plan or policy or as part of extensive
war crimes and
(1) the offence is directed against a large group of persons,
(2) the offence causes very serious and extensive damage,
(3) the offence is committed in an especially brutal, cruel or degrading
manner, or
(4) the offence is committed in an especially planned or systematic manner,
and the offence is aggravated also when assessed as a whole, the offender shall
be sentenced for an aggravated war crime to imprisonment for at least eight years
or for life.
(2) An attempt is punishable.
Section 7 - Petty war crime (212/2008)
(1) If the war crime, considering the consequence caused or the other relevant circumstances, is petty when assessed as a whole, the offender shall be sentenced
for a petty war crime to a fine or to imprisonment for at most two years.
(2) An attempt is punishable.
Section 7(a) – Violation of the ban on anti-personnel mines (1466/2011)
A person who, in violation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
(Agreements of Finland /20)
(1) uses anti-personnel mines other than in the manner referred to in sections 5 through 7, or
(2) develops, produces, otherwise obtains, stockpiles, possesses, transfers
or exports or imports anti-personnel mines
shall be sentenced for violation of the ban on anti-personnel mines to imprisonment for at least four months and at most six years.
Section 8 - Breach of the prohibition of chemical weapons (212/2008)
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