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Some criminal offences specifically state that if they are committed by the officer of a body corporate then they along with the body corporate itself may be simultaneously processed against as well as each other.
They are further specified to be punishable on indictment to X years in prison.
Does the prison term get translated according to some scale as a fine in case of a corporate defendant?
Further, can bodies corporate be tried in magistrate as well as crown court?
Corporations are subject to the monetary fines in the Criminal Code or relevant Act. See "Criminal Liability of Organizations: A Plain Language Guide to Bill C-45." Factors specific to the sentencing of organizations are found at s. 718.21. Corporations can be tried in both provincial courts and superior courts.
