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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 1
GENERAL PART

Chapter 2
OFFENCE

Division 1
Necessary Elements of Offence

§ 14. Liability of legal persons

(1) In the cases provided by law, a legal person shall be held responsible for an act which is committed in the interests of the legal person by its body, a member thereof, or by its senior official or competent representative.
[ - entry into force 28.07.2008]

(2) Prosecution of a legal person does not preclude prosecution of the natural person who committed the offence.

(3) The provisions of this Act do not apply to the state, local governments or to legal persons in public law.

Part 1
GENERAL PART

Chapter 2
OFFENCE

Division 3
Guilt

§ 37. Guilt capacity of legal persons

Legal persons with passive legal capacity are capable of guilt.

Part 2
SPECIAL PART

Chapter 8
OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Division 3
Offences Against Peace

§ 93. Manufacture and distribution of prohibited weapons

(2) The same act, if committed by a legal person, is punishable by a pecuniary punishment or compulsory dissolution.