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Section 204A - Corporations Act 2001 - Minimum number of secretaries — Zoe

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#### 204A Minimum number of secretaries Proprietary companies (1) A proprietary company is not required to have a secretary but, if it does have 1 or more secretaries, at least 1 of them must ordinarily reside in Australia. Public companies (2) A public company must have at least 1 secretary. At least 1 of them must ordinarily reside in Australia. Strict liability offences (3) An offence based on subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

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