16. Where an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder is committed by a body or persons then -
| (a) if that body of persons is a body corporate, every person who at the time of commission of the offence was a Director, General Manager, Secretary or other similar officer of the body; or |
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| (b) if that body is not a body corporate, ,every person who at the time of commission of the offence was a member of that body, |
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shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or concurrence and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of such offence as he ought to have exercised in the circumstances having regard to the nature of his functions. |
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