e24702_SN008 Translated from French 14 CHAPTER X: CRIMINAL LIABILITY Article 431-62 Legal entities other than the State, local authorities and public establishments shall be held criminally liable for the offenses set out in the present Law, where committed on their behalf by their organs or representatives. Where legal entities are held liable, this shall not rule out the liability of the natural persons who committed or were complicit in the same acts. The penalties incurred by legal entities shall be: (1) a fine, the maximum amount of which shall be five times that imposed on natural persons by the law establishing the penalty for the offense; (2) dissolution, where the legal entity has been established for the purpose of committing the criminal acts in question or, in the case of a crime or misdemeanor for which natural persons are liable to a prison term of more than five (5) years, where it has been diverted from its purpose in order to commit said acts; (3) a prohibition, either permanent or for a period of up to five (5) years, on carrying out, directly or indirectly, one or more professional or social activities; (4) closure, either permanent or for a period of up to five (5) years, of one or more of the establishments of the company used to commit the criminal acts; (5) exclusion from public procurement, permanently or for a period of up to five (5) years; (6) a prohibition, either permanent or for a period of up to five (5) years, on making a public offering; (7) a prohibition for a period of up to five (5) years on issuing checks other than those that allow the drawer to withdraw funds from the drawee or those that are certified, and on using payment cards; (8) confiscation of the item used or intended to be used to commit the offense, or of the proceeds of the offense; (9) display of the verdict handed down or publication thereof either in the press or by any electronic means of communication to the public. Article 431-63 With the exception of press-related offenses committed via the Internet, the crimes, misdemeanors and infringements set out in book III, title I, chapter IV, section IV, of the