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Part VIII · General Provisions

36. Offences by a body 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 or secretary of that body corporate;

(b)

if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm, and

(c)

if that body of persons is an unincorporated body, every individual who is a member of such unincorporated body, shall be deemed to have committed that offence:

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

Read on from s 37

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