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Sri Lanka Ports Authority Act (No. 51 of 1979) - Sect 63

Liability of the directors and certain officers of a body of persons for offences committed by that body

63. 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 person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer of that body ; or
(b) if that body Is not a body corporate, every person at the time of the commission of the offence was a member of that body.
shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance 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. C

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