Title V. Penal Code
Chapter 2. General Requirements of Liability.
§ 204. Liability of Businesses.
1. A business may be convicted of the commission of a crime if the conduct is performed by an agent of the business acting within the scope of his office or employment on behalf of the business, and if the crime is a crime not punishable by imprisonment.
2. "Business" includes non-profit organisations and any government or agency thereof, including the governments of L'nhraei and the L'nhraei Commonwealth of Planets.
3. "Agent" means any director, officer, servant, employee or other person authorized to act in behalf of the corporation or association and, in the case of an unincorporated association, a member of such association;
4. In any prosecution of a business for the commission of a crime, it shall be a defence if the business proves by a preponderance of evidence that one or more of the business's agents having supervisory responsibility over the subject matter of the crime employed due diligence to prevent its commission.
5. A person is legally accountable for any conduct he performs or causes to be performed in the name of the business or on its behalf to the same extent as if it were performed in his own name or behalf.
6. Whenever a duty to act is imposed by law upon a business, any agent of the corporation or association having primary responsibility for the discharge of the duty is legally accountable for an omission to perform the required act to the same extent as if the duty were imposed by law directly upon himself.