. (2) The provision in subsection 1 does not apply to a participant in the offence nor to a person whose relationship with the offender is referred to in section 10, subsection 2, nor to offences for which the most severe penalty provided does not exceed imprisonment for six months. Section 12 - False statement abroad (563/1998) For purposes of application of the provisions on false statement, “court” also refers to the International Court of Justice established by the Charter of the United Nations and other tribunals set up by that organisation, a court of Iceland, Norway, a member state of the European Communities and the European Union, as well as a court in another foreign country, when extending legal assistance to a Finnish court. Section 12(a) – Offences against administration of justice by the International Criminal Court (604/2002) In the application of the provisions on false statement, false denunciation, falsification of evidence and threatening a person to be heard in the administration of justice, “court” refers also to the International Criminal Court, and “criminal investigation” refers also to an investigation referred to in the Rome Charter of the International Criminal Court. Section 13 - Restrictive provision (735/2015) (1) The provisions on false statement do not apply if (1) the person making the statement corrects it or reveals the concealed circumstance before the hearing or questioning is concluded, or (2) it is impossible to keep to the truth without the danger that the person heard himself or herself becoming liable for an offence or a comparable unlawful act. (2) The provisions on false statement in court do not apply to a witness heard in a criminal case: (1) who is an injured party who has no claims in the case; (2) who is charged with the same act or an act that is directly connected to the act referred to in the charge; (3) who has been given a summary fine or a summary penal fee for the act referred to in paragraph (2); or (4) whose act has not been submitted for prosecution in accordance with Chapter 3, section 9 of the Criminal Investigation Act or whose prosecution has been waived in accordance with Chapter 1, section 7 or 8 of the Criminal Procedure Act or a similar provision elsewhere in law. Chapter 16 - Offences against the public authorities (563/1998)