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Liability of officers of body corporate.
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101.— (1) Where—
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(a) an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate, and
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(b) it is proved to have been committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, a person who—
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(i) was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
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(ii) was purporting to act in any such capacity,
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the person is guilty of an offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he or she were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.
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(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts or defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management as if he or she were a director or manager of the body corporate.
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(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to offences under this Act committed by an unincorporated body.
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