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Part V

65. Offences by 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 and officer of that body corporate ; or

(b)

if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence :

Provided however, that a director or an officer of such body corporate, or a partner of such firm, shall not be deemed to be guilty of such offence if he proves that such offence as committed without his knowledge or that he exercised, due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

Read on from s 66