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Part X · General

66B. Offences committed by company

(1)

Where a person charged with an offence under this Act is a company, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence is a director or officer of the company may be charged jointly in the same proceedings with the company, and where the company is convicted of the offence charged, every such director or officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he has exercised all such diligence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to all the circumstances.

(2)

Any person who would be liable under this Act to any penalty for anything done or omitted if the thing had been done or omitted by him personally shall be liable to the same penalty if the thing had been done or omitted by his agent, unless he proves that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the doing or omission of the thing.

(3)

In this section, “director” and “officer” shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Companies Act 1965.

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