26. Offences by body of persons,
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Where any offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons then—
if the body of persons is a body corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of that offence was a director or officer of that body corpo-rate
; or
if the body of persons is a body other than a body corporate, every person who at the time of commis-sion of the offence was a member of that body, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence:
Provided however that such director, officer or member shall not be deemed to be guilty of that offence if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of that offence.