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| (1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. |
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| (2) Subject as otherwise provided, where an offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, then,-
| | (a) if that body of persons is a body corporate, every director and other officer of that body corporate, and | | |
| | (b) if that body of persons is a firm, every partner of that firm, | | |
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| (3) Subject as otherwise provided, where an offence under this Act is committed by an approved racing club, the secretary and every steward of that club shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence. |
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| (4) A director or an officer of a body corporate, or a partner of a firm, or the secretary or a steward of an approved racing club, shall not be deemed to be guilty of an offence under this Act if he proves that that offence was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of that offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and in all the circumstances. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts