GENERAL PART

Chapter II
CRIME

Article 21. Subject of the Crime

(3) A legal entity, except for public authorities, shall be subject to criminal liability for an act set forth in criminal law provided that one of the following conditions is applicable :

a) the legal entity is guilty of failure to comply or improper compliance with direct legal
provisions defming obligations or prohibitions to perform a certain activity ;
b) the legal entity is guilty of carrying out an activity that does not comply with its
founding documents or its declared goals ;
c) the act causes or threatens to cause considerable damage to a person to society, or to
the state and was committed for the benefit of this legal entity or was allowed, sanctioned, approved, or used by the body or the person empowered with the legal entity's administrative functions.

(4) Legal entities, except for public authorities, shall be criminally liable for crimes punishable in line with the special part of this Code applicable to legal entities.

(5) The criminal liability of a legal entity does not exclude the liability of the individual for the crime committed.