THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF CORPORATIONS

📄 Project Abstract

This is an attempt to look at the corporations liability for its own acts and those of Its organs or agents and servants. The purpose, then, is to look into the criminal liabilities of Companies for such things as breach of statutory duties, such as failure to make returns and to keep books of accounts or to hold annual general meetings and fraudulent acts such as tax evasion, fraud and other crimes;e.g. deceit and conspiracy. To that extent, therefore, the issues of vicarious liability, liability in tort and contract for those actions or omissions of the corporation's agents or officers would be examined in passing. This area of the law has been chosen for study because corporations, be it public or private, occupy an important segment in the economic and industrial life of a country and should, therefore, be of much interest to company lawyers in particular and the private business enterpreneurs, the general public and Government alike. Companies (including statutory corporations) ar...