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ted both where the perpetrator should have acted and where the consequence
contained in the statutory definition of the offence became apparent.
(2) If the offence remains an attempt, it is deemed to have been committed also
where, had the offence been completed, the consequence contained in the statutory definition of the offence either would probably have become apparent or
would in the opinion of the perpetrator have become apparent.
(3) An offence by an inciter and abettor is deemed to have been committed both
where the act of complicity was committed and where the offence by the offender
is deemed to have been committed.
(4) If there is no certainty as to the place of commission, but there is justified reason to believe that the offence was committed in the territory of Finland, said offence is deemed to have been committed in Finland.
Section 11 - Requirement of dual criminality (626/1996)
(1) If the offence has been committed in the territory of a foreign State, the application of Finnish law may be based on sections 5, 6 and 8 only if the offence is
punishable also under the law of the place of commission and a sentence could
have been passed for it also by a court of that foreign State. In this event, no
sanction that is more severe than what is provided by the law of the place of
commission shall be imposed in Finland.
(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 12(a) 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, 14(a) and 14(b) of Chapter 16 and even if the provisions
are applied pursuant to section 20 of the same Chapter,
(5) section 18, 18(a) or 19 of Chapter 17,
(6) sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8(a)-8(c) of Chapter 20,
(7) sections 9 or 9(a) of Chapter 20, if the act is directed at a person below
the age of 18 years,
(8) sections 5 or 6 of Chapter 21, sections 1 or 2 of Chapter 21 or section 8
of Chapter 25, if the act is forced marriage, female genital mutilation, or
forced abortion or forced sterilization, as referred to respectively in arti-