14. Contempt of a court, tribunal or institution by a body of persons

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Where contempt of a court, tribunal or institution under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then-

(a)

if that body of persons is a body corporate, every director, manager or secretary of that body corporate at the time of the commission of such contempt;

(b)

if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm at the time of the commission of such contempt; and

(c)

if that body of persons is an unincorporated body, every individual who is a member of such unincorporated body at the time of the commission of such contempt, shall be deemed to have committed that contempt:

Provided however, any director, manager or secretary of such body corporate or any partner of such firm or any individual of such unincorporated body shall not be deemed to have committed such contempt if he proves to the satisfaction of the court that such contempt was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such contempt.

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