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Section 16 - Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946 - Offences by corporations — Zoe

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##### 16 Offences by corporations Where a person convicted of an offence against this Act is a body corporate, every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director or officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, or that he used all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

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