147Treatment of partnerships

147 Treatment of partnerships

(1) This Law applies to a partnership as if it were a person, but with the changes set out in this section.

(2) An obligation that would otherwise be imposed on the partnership by this Law is imposed on each partner instead, but may be discharged by any of the partners.

(3) An offence against this Law that would otherwise be committed by the partnership is taken to have been committed by each partner.

(4) A partner does not commit an offence because of subsection (3) if the partner:

(b) knows of those circumstances but takes all reasonable steps to correct the contravention as soon as possible after the partner becomes aware of those circumstances.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (4) (see section 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).

(5) For the purposes of this Law, a change in the composition of a partnership does not affect the continuity of the partnership.