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Part IX · General

43. Action against bodies of persons

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

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

(a)

if that body of persons is a body corporate, every director, manager, chief executive officer and secretary of that body corporate ;

(b)

if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm and its chief executive officer ;

(c)

if that body of persons is an unincorporated body, every individual who is a member of such body and its chief executive officer ; and

(d)

if that body of persons is 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, the Chairman of such local authority, shall be guilty of an offence :

Provided however, any director, manager, chief executive officer and secretary of any body corporate or every partner and the chief executive officer of any firm or every

Assistance to and Protection of Victims of member and the chief executive officer of an unincorporated body or the Chairman of a local authority, as the case may be, shall not be guilty of an offence under this section, if he proves to the satisfaction of the Court that such offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

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