10Indictment of bodies corporate

10 Indictment of bodies corporate

10 Indictment of bodies corporate

(1) Unless a contrary intention appears, a provision of an Act relating to an offence applies to bodies corporate as well as to individuals.

(2) On arraignment, a body corporate may enter a plea of “guilty” or “not guilty” by means of writing signed by its representative.

(3) If no such plea is entered the court is to enter a plea of “not guilty”, and the trial is to proceed as though the body corporate had pleaded “not guilty”.

(4) A representative of a body corporate need not be appointed under the body’s seal.

(5) A written statement that—

(a) purports to be signed by one of the persons having the management of the affairs of the body corporate, and

(b) contains a statement to the effect that a named person is the body’s representative,

is admissible as evidence that the named person has been so appointed.

s 10 (previously s 59): Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [15].