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Secret Commissions Act 1905
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##### 6 Agent secretly buying from or selling to himself
Any agent who, without the full knowledge and consent of the principal, buys from or sells to himself, or any firm of which he is a partner, or any company of which he is a director, manager, officer, or employee, or in which he or any person for him or on his behalf is a shareholder, any goods for or on behalf of his principal, shall be guilty of an indictable offence.
Penalty: In the case of a corporation, Two thousand dollars; in the case of any other person, two years’ imprisonment or One thousand dollars, or both.