Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 121D
121D. Where an offence under this title has been committed by a
person who at the time of the said offence is the director, manager,
secretary or other principal officer of a body corporate or is a
person having a power of representation of such a body or having
an authority to take decisions on behalf of that body or having
authority to exercise control within that body and the said offence
was committed for the benefit, in part or in whole, of that body
corporate, the said person shall for the purposes of this title be
deemed to be vested with the legal representation of the same body
corporate which shall be liable to the payment of a fine (multa) of
not less than twenty thousand euro (€20,000) and not more than
two million euro (€2,000,000), which fine may be recovered as a
civil debt and the sentence of the Court shall constitute an
e x e c ut i v e t i t l e f o r al l i n t e n t s a nd p u r p os e s o f t h e C o d e o f
Organization and Civil Procedure:
Provided that where legal representation no longer vests in
the said person, for purposes of this article, legal representation
shall vest in the person occupying the office in his stead or in such
person as is referred to in this article.
Applicability of
article 248E(4)
of the Code.
Added by:
XXXI.2007.9.
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