95. Offences by a body of persons

Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then, if that body of persons is—

a body corporate, then every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director, manager, officer or servant of such body corporate;

a firm, then every person who was a partner of that firm and its chief executive officer, at the time of the commission of the offence;

an unincorporated body other than a firm, then every individual who was a member of such body and every officer who was responsible for the management and control of such body, at the time of the commission of the offence; or

a local authority or any other authority appointed by or under any law relating to a local authority to act on behalf of such local authority, then the person who was the Chairman of such authority, at the time of the commission of the offence, shall be deemed to have committed that offence, unless such person, individual, officer or Chairman, as the case may be, proves to the satisfaction of the court that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that such person exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of that offence.