Section 90

whether or not any person has been convicted in respect thereof; and

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has been committed or purports to have been committed in the name or on behalf of any youth society established by, under or pursuant to this Act;

every office bearer of such youth society or every person managing or assisting in the management of such youth society at the time of the commission of such offence, shall be deemed to be guilty of such offence and shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by law thereof, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

In any prosecution under this section against an office-bearer or any person managing or assisting in the management of a youth society mentioned under subsection (1), any document found in the possession of an office bearer or of a person assisting in the management of such youth society, or of a member of such youth society, shall be prima facie evidence of the contents thereof for the purpose of proving that anything has been done or purports to have been done by or on behalf of the youth society.

Youth society using a triad ritual to be deemed an unlawful youth society