60Offences
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(1)If an offence under this Part committed by a body corporate is proved—
(a)to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer, or
(b)to be attributable to any neglect on the part of an officer,
the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2)“Officer” means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.
(3)“Director”—
(a)includes a shadow director, and
(b)if the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, means a member of the body.