Latvia

The Criminal 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.

Keywords

Criminal responsibility of legal persons



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