'Criminal responsibility of legal persons' in document 'Latvia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

General Part

Chapter II
Criminal Offences

Section 12. Liability of a Natural Person in the Case of a Legal Person

A natural person who has committed a criminal offence acting in the interests of a legal person governed by private law, for the sake of the person or as a result of insufficient supervision or control thereof shall be held criminally liable, but the legal person may be applied the coercive measures provided for in this Law.

General Part

Chapter VIII1
Coercive Measures Applicable to Legal Persons

Section 70.1 Basis for the Application of a Coercive Measure to a Legal Person

For the criminal offences provided for in the Special Part of this Law, a court or in the cases provided for by the Law – a public prosecutor may apply a coercive measure to a legal person governed by private law, including State or local government capital company, as well as partnership, if a natural person has committed the offence in the interests of the legal person, for the sake of the person or as a result of insufficient supervision or control, acting individually or as a member of the collegial authority of the relevant legal person :

1) on the basis of the right to represent the legal person or act on the behalf thereof ;
2) on the basis of the right to take a decision on behalf of the legal person ;
3) in implementing control within the scope of the legal person.