Lag om ändring av 44 och 48 kap. i strafflagen | 1073 — Finland law | Esheria

Lag om ändring av 44 och 48 kap. i strafflagen

This provision is a chapter heading about offences that endanger other people’s health and safety.

Jurisdiction
Finland
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
1073
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
sv
Official source
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chemicals corporate liability criminal liability cross-border transport environmental compliance health and safety pollution trade in protected species waste

Statute overview

About this statute

This provision is a chapter heading about offences that endanger other people’s health and safety. The rules on legal persons’ criminal liability apply to punishable use of nuclear energy, breaches of explosive-goods rules, and careless handling. A person who intentionally or through gross negligence engages in the listed environmentally harmful conduct may be convicted of environmental pollution and fined or imprisoned for up to two years. This provision criminalises several forms of damaging or trading protected natural objects and species-related items, and sets a penalty of fines or up to two years’ imprisonment.

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    sv

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