Bosnia and Herzegovina

Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina

GENERAL PART

XIV C H A P T E R F O U R T E E N
LIABILITY OF LEGAL PERSONS FOR CRIMINAL OFFENCES

Laws Prescribing the Criminal Offences of Legal Persons
Article 143

Legal persons may be held accountable for criminal offences defined in this Code and other criminal offences defined by a law of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Punishments for Criminal Offences
Article 144

(1) For criminal offences for which a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years is prescribed, a legal person shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding 850.000 KM or not exceeding ten times the amount of the damage caused or material gain acquired through the perpetration of a criminal offence.
(2) For criminal offences for which imprisonment for a term not less than three years is prescribed, a legal person shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding 2.500.000 KM or not exceeding twenty times the amount of the damage caused or material gain acquired through the perpetration of a criminal offence.
(3) For criminal offences for which imprisonment for a term of five years or more is prescribed, to a legal person a property seizure punishment may be imposed instead of a fine.
(4) For criminal offences referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, to a legal person a punishment of dissolution of the legal person may be imposed instead of the fine, under the requirements referred to in Article 134 (Dissolution of a Legal Person) of this Code.

Keywords

Criminal responsibility of legal persons



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