JAPAN Law and Practice Contributed by: Makoto Terazaki, Taku Matsumoto, Suguru Yokoi, Naoko Takasaki and Jun Suzuki, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
reports. Reports may be made internally, to the com - petent administrative authority, or, subject to stricter conditions, to certain external parties. Defence-sector reports may therefore be made, depending on the subject matter, to MOD/ATLA, METI or another author - ity with enforcement jurisdiction. 7.9 Corporate Criminal Liability Legal entities may face criminal liability for certain breaches of defence-related regulation where the relevant statute provides for corporate liability. Many
regulatory statutes contain “dual punishment” provi - sions under which, where an officer or employee com - mits an offence in connection with the corporation’s business, both the individual and the corporation may be punished. The FEFTA, for example, provides for corporate liability for certain export-control violations, and similar liability may arise under other regulatory legislation. By contrast, corporate criminal liability does not automatically arise for every offence; the relevant statute must provide a legal basis for holding the entity liable.
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