Criminal Code of Finland.

This Code of criminal law of Finland applies to an offence committed in Finland. Application of Finnish law to an offence committed in Finland’s economic zone is subject to the Act on the Economic Zone of Finland (1058/2004) and the Act on the Environmental Protection in Navigation (300/1979). Finnish law applies to an offence committed on board a Finnish vessel or aircraft if the offence was committed (1) while the vessel was on the high seas or in territory not belonging to any State or while the aircraft was in or over such territory, or (2) while the vessel was in the territory of a foreign State or the aircraft was in or over such territory and the offence was committed by the master of the vessel or aircraft, a member of its crew, a passenger or a person who otherwise was on board. Finnish law also applies to an offence committed outside of Finland in certain other specified circumstances. If an international treaty binding on Finland or another statute or regulation that is internationally binding on Finland in some event restricts the scope of application of the criminal law of Finland when compared with the provisions of this Act, such a restriction applies.
The Code defines offences in respect of hunting and fishing (game offences and fishing offences), environment, food safety, animal welfare, forestry, nuclear waste and waterworks. The only penalty for a fishing offence committed by a foreign vessel in the Finnish economic zone and for the concealing of the illegal catch from a fishing offence is a fine, unless otherwise provided on the basis of an international agreement binding on Finland. A fishing offence shall include, among other things, the introduction of alien species. The provisions in Chapter 1 on the bringing of charges and conviction for an offence committed outside Finland and directed at Finland apply also to a fishing offence referred to in section 2 of this Chapter when it has been committed outside the territorial waters and economic zone of Finland.