单位犯罪中追诉时效的适用

Application of Limitation of Prosecution in Unit Crimes

单位犯罪当然能够适用追诉时效,但不能对其无限期追诉。确定单位犯罪的追诉时效,不能只看单位的法定刑,也不能无视"直接负责的主管人员和其他直接责任人员"的法定刑。对单位判处罚金,显然属于"不满五年有期徒刑"的刑罚,对应的追诉时效为五年。由于"直接负责的主管人员和其他直接责任人员"的法定刑低于或者高于有期徒刑五年的存在,相应的追诉时效为五年或者十年、十五年、二十年。基于此确定追诉时效,具有普适性。

Though the system of prosecution limitation can be certainly applied to unit crimes,yet unit crimes cannot be prosecuted indefinitely.When determining the prosecution limitation of unit crimes,we cannot ignore the statutory punishment of the directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons.Penalty for a unit is clearly a penalty of less than5years imprisonment,so their prosecution limitation is5years.As for the statutory punishment of the directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible persons is more or less than5years imprisonment,the prosecution limitation would be five years,ten years,fifteen years or twenty years.Based on this,the limitation of prosecution is determined,which has universality.