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Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-11-406

Affirmative defense to criminal responsibility of a corporation

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1.

(1) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of a corporation under § 39-11-404(a)(1) or (3) or § 39-11-405, which must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence, that the high managerial agent having supervisory responsibility over the subject matter of the offense employed due diligence to prevent its commission.

(2) Subsection (a) does not apply if it is plainly inconsistent with the legislative purpose expressed in the law defining the particular offense.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.