ETS 185 – Cybercrime (Convention), 23.XI.2001
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a
a power of representation of the legal person;
b
an authority to take decisions on behalf of the legal person;
c
an authority to exercise control within the legal person.
2
In addition to the cases already provided for in paragraph 1 of this article, each Party shall
take the measures necessary to ensure that a legal person can be held liable where the lack
of supervision or control by a natural person referred to in paragraph 1 has made possible the
commission of a criminal offence established in accordance with this Convention for the
benefit of that legal person by a natural person acting under its authority.
3
Subject to the legal principles of the Party, the liability of a legal person may be criminal, civil
or administrative.
4
Such liability shall be without prejudice to the criminal liability of the natural persons who have
committed the offence.
Article 13 – Sanctions and measures
1
Each Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to ensure
that the criminal offences established in accordance with Articles 2 through 11 are punishable
by effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions, which include deprivation of liberty.
2
Each Party shall ensure that legal persons held liable in accordance with Article 12 shall be
subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal or non-criminal sanctions or
measures, including monetary sanctions.
Section 2 – Procedural law
Title 1 – Common provisions
Article 14 – Scope of procedural provisions
1
Each Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish
the powers and procedures provided for in this section for the purpose of specific criminal
investigations or proceedings.
2
Except as specifically provided otherwise in Article 21, each Party shall apply the powers and
procedures referred to in paragraph 1 of this article to:
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a
the criminal offences established in accordance with Articles 2 through 11 of this
Convention;
b
other criminal offences committed by means of a computer system; and
c
the collection of evidence in electronic form of a criminal offence.
a
Each Party may reserve the right to apply the measures referred to in Article 20 only to
offences or categories of offences specified in the reservation, provided that the range of
such offences or categories of offences is not more restricted than the range of offences
to which it applies the measures referred to in Article 21. Each Party shall consider
restricting such a reservation to enable the broadest application of the measure referred
to in Article 20.
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