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Part IX · General

44. Offences by body of persons

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

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

(a)

a body corporate, every director, or other principal officer of that body corporate;

(b)

a firm, every partner of that firm; and

(c)

an unincorporated body, every individual who is a controlling member of such body and every principal officer of that body responsible for its management and control, commits an offence:

Provided however, that no such person shall be deemed to have commited an offence if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

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