a) Corporate bodies shall be criminally responsible for offences committed on their behalf by their organs or representatives.
b) The provisions of the subsection (a) above shall not apply to the State and its agencies.
c) The criminal responsibility of natural persons who are authors of reprehensible acts may be compounded with that of corporate bodies.
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