Criminal Offences
(Jersey) Law 2009
A LAW to codify and reform the law
relating to statutory offences.
Adopted by the
States 27th February 2007
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 8th July 2009
Registered by the
Royal Court 24th
July 2009
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Offence
to aid, abet, conspire, 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
and commencement
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Criminal Offences (Jersey) Law 2009.
(2) It
shall come into force on the seventh day following its registration.
m.n. de la haye
Greffier of the States