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90Incurring debts not likely to be paid
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90 Incurring debts not likely to be paid
(a) an incorporated association has incurred a debt; and
(b) immediately before the debt was incurred:
(i) there were reasonable grounds to expect that the
association would not be able to pay all its debts as and
when they became due; or
(ii) there were reasonable grounds to expect that, if the
association incurred the debt, it would not be able to pay
all its debts as and when they became due; and
(c) the association was at the time when the debt was incurred, or
became at a later time, an incorporated association to which
this Division applies;
a person who was an officer of the association, or who took part in
the management of the association, when the debt was incurred is
guilty of an offence.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against
subsection (1) if the defendant proves:
(a) that the debt was incurred without the defendant's express or
implied authority or consent; or
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(b) that when the debt was incurred the defendant did not have
reasonable cause to expect:
(i) that the association would not be able to pay all its debts
as and when they became due; or
(ii) that, if the association incurred that debt, it would not be
able to pay all its debts as and when they became due.
(3) If:
(a) an incorporated association has done an act (including the
making of a contract or the entering into of a transaction) with
intent to defraud creditors of the association or of another
person or for another fraudulent purpose; and
(b) the association was at the time when it did the act, or
becomes at a later time, an incorporated association to which
this Division applies;
a person who was concerned in the doing of the act with that intent
or for that purpose is guilty of an offence.
(4) A certificate issued by a court stating that a person specified in the
certificate:
(a) was convicted of an offence against subsection (1) in relation
to the debt specified in the certificate incurred by the
association specified in the certificate; or
(b) was convicted of an offence against subsection (3) in relation
to the association specified in the certificate;
is, in any proceedings, prima facie evidence of the matters stated in
the certificate.
(5) A document purporting to be a certificate issued under
subsection (4) is, unless the contrary is established, taken to be a
certificate issued under subsection (4) and to have been duly
issued.