criminal-law england-and-wales incorporation
How does a body corporate get sentenced for criminal offences?
<p>Some criminal offences specifically state that if they are committed by the officer of a body corporate then they along with the body corporate itself may be simultaneously processed against as well as each other.</p>
<p>They are further specified to be punishable on indictment to X years in prison.</p>
<p>Does the prison term get translated according to some scale as a fine in case of a corporate defendant?</p>
<p>Further, can bodies corporate be tried in magistrate as well as crown court?</p>

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<p>Corporations are subject to the monetary fines in the <em>Criminal Code</em> or relevant Act. See &quot;<a href="https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/c45/c45.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Criminal Liability of Organizations: A Plain Language Guide to Bill C-45</a>.&quot; Factors specific to the sentencing of organizations are found at <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/page-114.html#docCont" rel="nofollow noreferrer">s. 718.21</a>. Corporations can be tried in both <a href="https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/just/07.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">provincial courts and superior courts</a>.</p>
