Chapter 10 (875/2001)
Confiscation
Section 1 (875/2001)
General prerequisites for confiscation
The prerequisite for a confiscation order is an act punishable under law (offence).
A confiscation order may also be based on such an act punishable under law
1) the perpetrator of which had not reached the age of fifteen years at the time of committing the act or is criminally incapable,
2) the perpetrator of which is exempt from criminal liability under chapter 4, section 2; chapter 4, section 4, subsection 2; chapter 4, section 5, subsection 2; chapter 4, section 6, subsection 3; or chapter 45, section 26b, subsection 2, or (515/2003)
3) for which a legal person may be sentenced to a punishment under chapter 9 even if the perpetrator is not identified or if the perpetrator is not, for some other reason, sentenced to a punishment.
If proof sufficient for sentencing is presented of the offence or of the punishable act constituting grounds for confiscation, confiscation may be ordered even if the perpetrator of the offence or act is not identified or if the perpetrator is not prosecuted or sentenced to a punishment. (356/2016)
1. Los Estados Partes, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la presente Parte y con los procedimientos de su derecho interno, deberán cumplir las solicitudes de asistencia formuladas por la Corte en relación con investigaciones o enjuiciamientos penales a fin de:
(k) Identificar, determinar el paradero o inmovilizar el producto y los bienes y haberes obtenidos del crimen y de los instrumentos del crimen, o incautarse de ellos, con miras a su decomiso ulterior y sin perjuicio de los derechos de terceros de buena fe; y