'Criminal responsibility of legal persons' in document 'Timor-Leste - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE II
ON CRIME

CHAPTER I
GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS

Article 12. Criminal liability

2. Corporate entities are criminally liable only for offences provided in this Code or in specific legislation whenever and as expressly established in law.

BOOK I
GENERAL PART

TITLE II
ON CRIME

CHAPTER I
GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS

Article 13. Liability for action on behalf of another party
Any person who acts as the head of a corporate entity, even by mere de-facto association, or as a representative of another party, is punishable even if the conditions, description or relationships provided in the respective definition of a crime are not found in said person but rather in the person he or she represents.