Chapter 15 (563/1998)
Offences against the administration of justice
Section 7 (563/1998)
Falsification of evidence
A person who, for the purpose of having an innocent person sentenced or otherwise causing damage to another person, conceals, destroys, damages, alters or otherwise falsifies an object, document or other piece of evidence that is necessary as evidence in court or in a criminal investigation and that the person knows to be of significance in the matter shall be sentenced for falsification of evidence to a fine or to imprisonment for at most two years.
A person who, for the purpose referred to in subsection 1, submits a piece of evidence that he or she knows to be false or falsified to be used as evidence in court or in a criminal investigation, or uses it in a misleading manner himself or herself, shall also be sentenced for falsification of evidence.
A new section 12 a shall be added to Chapter 15 of the Penal Code (39/1889) enacted on 19 December 1889, as follows:
Chapter 15 – Offences against the administration of justice (563/1998)
Section 12 a – Offences against the administration of justice by the International Criminal Court
For the purposes of application of the provisions on false statement, false denunciation, falsification of evidence, and threatening a person to be heard in the administration of justice, “a court of law” shall also mean the International Criminal Court and “criminal investigations” shall also mean an investigation referred to in the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged;