'Commission through another person' in document 'Portugal - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I-GENERAL PART

TITLE II-THE ACT

CHAPTER I-BASES OF PUNISHABILITY

Article 12
Acting on behalf of another

1- Whoever acts voluntarily as head of an organ of a corporation, society or mere de facto
association, or in legal or voluntary representation of another, is punishable, even when the respective crime type requires:
a) Certain personal elements and these are only present in the person of the represented; or
b) That the agent executes the act in its own interest and the representative acts in the interest of the represented.

2- The ineffectiveness of the act that serves as foundation to the representation does not prevent the
application of what is determined in the previous number.

BOOK I-GENERAL PART

TITLE II-THE ACT

CHAPTER II-FORMS OF CRIME

Article 26
Authorship

He who performs the act, by himself or by someone as an intermediary, or who directly participates in its execution, in agreement or together with other person, or other persons, or who intentionally determines other person to carry out the act, is punishable as principal, if there has been execution or the beginning of execution.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(a) Commits such a crime, whether as an individual, jointly with another or through another person, regardless of whether that other person is criminally responsible