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Section 14Sec./Art. 14
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Responsibility of Superiors. - In addition to the grounds of criminal responsibility for crimes defined and penalized under this Act, a superior shall be criminally responsible for such crimes committed by subordinates where:
(a) The superior either knew or, owing to the circumstances at the time, should have known that the subordinates were committing or were about to commit such crimes; or
(b) The superior failed to take all necessary, legitimate and reasonable measures to prevent or repress their commission or to submit the matter to the competent authorities for investigation and prosecution.
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