Criminal Code of Finland. Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 1889 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Forestry, Sea, Water, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Pollution control Hazardous substances Nuclear energy Marine fisheries Offences/penalties Foreign fishing Alien species High seas Food quality control/food safety Navigation Waterworks Hunting/capture Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract 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. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi