2) the Code anticipates the possibility for sentence acquittal, yet the court does not acquit
the legal entity from a sentence and
3) it assesses that there are particularly alleviating circumstances and that the aim of the
sentencing will be achieved as well with a more mitigative sentence.
Limits for imposing a more mitigative fine
Article 96-i
(1) When the conditions for imposing a more mitigative fine than the one referred to in
Article 96-g of this Code, the court shall impose a more mitigative sentence within the
following limits:
1) for a crime wherefore the legal entity can be imposed a fine of 500.000 Denars or double
the amount of the benefit or the damage, a more mitigative fine of 100.000 can be imposed;
2) for a crime wherefore the legal entity can be imposed a fine of one million Denars or up
to five times the amount, a more mitigative fine of up to 200.000 Denars can be imposed or
double the amount of the benefit or the damage and
3) for a crime wherefore the legal entity can be imposed a fine of at least one million Denars
or up to ten times the amount of the benefit or the damage, a more mitigative fine of up to
300.000 Denars or up to five times the amount of the benefit or the damage can be
imposed.
(2) If the court is authorized to acquit the legal entity from a sentence, it can impose a more
mitigative sentence regardless of the limits referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, up to
the lowest amount of the fine.
Acquittal from a fine
Article 96-j
The legal entity can be acquitted from a fine if the responsible person within the legal entity,
the governing, managing or supervising body, voluntarily report the offender of the crime,
after it has been committed, or if they return the property benefit or remove the harmful
consequences from the crime, or in any other manner they compensate for the harmful
consequences of the crime.
Enforcement of a fine
Article 96-k
(1) If the convicted legal entity fails to pay the fine within a time period determined by the
court, which cannot be less than 15 nor more than 30 days as of the day the verdict
becomes legally valid, it shall be coercivelly enforced.
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