14. Where any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder is committed by a body of persons, then"
| (a) if that body of persons is a body corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director or officer of that body corporate ; or |
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| (b) if that body of persons is a body other than a body corporate, every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a member or partner of that body, |
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shall be deemed to be guilty of such offence unless he proves that such offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts