Criminal Offences (Jersey)
Law 2009
A LAW to codify and reform the law
relating to statutory offences.
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Offence
to aid, abet, counsel, procure, conspire, attempt or incite the commission of a statutory offence
(1) A person
who –
(a) aids,
abets, counsels or procures the commission of a statutory offence; or
(b) conspires,
attempts or incites another to commit a statutory offence,
is guilty of an offence and is liable to the same penalty as a
person would be for the statutory offence.
(2) A person alleged to
have committed an offence by virtue of paragraph (1) shall be triable in
the same manner as a person would be tried for the statutory offence.
(3) This Article does not
affect proceedings for an alleged offence at customary law –
(a) of
aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of a statutory
offence; or
(b) of
conspiring, attempting or inciting another to commit a statutory offence,
arising out of an act done by a person before the commencement of this
Law.
(4) However, the person is
triable in the same manner as a person would be tried for the statutory offence.
2 Statutory
offences by bodies corporate and limited liability partnerships
(1) This Article applies if
a statutory offence committed by a body corporate or by a limited liability
partnership is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of,
or to be attributable to neglect on the part of –
(a) a
person who is a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body
corporate, or a partner of the partnership; or
(b) a
person purporting to act in any such capacity.
(2) The person –
(a) is
also be guilty of the offence; and
(b) is
liable in the same manner as the body corporate or the partnership to the
penalty provided for the offence.
(3) If the affairs of a
body corporate are managed by its members, this Article applies in relation to
acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions
of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.
3 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Criminal Offences (Jersey)
Law 2009.