21. Section 90 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: -
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| | (1) The secretary, manager, director or other principal officer of every company or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, shall be answerable for doing all such acts, matters, or things as are required to be done under the provisions of this Act by such company or body of persons:
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| | (2) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a company or- body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, every person who at the time of the commission of that offence was the secretary, manager, director or other principal officer of that company or body of persons shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the 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 in such capacity and to all the circumstances.". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts