Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of the criminal liability of legal persons in Spain?
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- Three describe the regime; one removes the limit that defines it.
- The list of offences for which a company can answer is closed.
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- B. A legal person can be criminally liable for offences on a closed statutory list
- C. Liability presupposes an underlying act committed by a natural person in specified circumstances
- D. An effective compliance programme can exempt or mitigate the legal person's liability
Why
The fourth is the standard overstatement. Corporate liability in Spain attaches only to a closed list of offences, which is why the practical compliance work concentrates on a specific set — bribery, money laundering, fraud, environmental and data offences — rather than on the Code as a whole.
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