Malaysia legislation
Section 80
Section 80
Offences by bodies Corporate, etc.
Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body corporate, partnership or society—
(a)
in the case of a body corporate, any person who was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate at the time of the commission of the offence;
(b)
in the case of a partnership, every partner in the partnership at the time of the commission of the offence; or
(c)
in the case of a society, every office-bearer of the society at the time of the commission of the offence, may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings as the body corporate, partnership or society and shall be deemed to have committed the offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or connivance or that he took all reasonable precautions or that he had exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
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