Section 56

any person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, is a director, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of the body corporate, may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate;

and

every such director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate who was, in any way, by act or omission directly or indirectly, concerned in, or party to, the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of that 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.

Things done in anticipation of the enactment of the Act