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Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020

Offences

Section 36 – Individual culpability for offending by an organisation

330.Section 36 provides for offences by a body corporate, a Scottish partnership or other unincorporated association under this Act. In this case, where it can be proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance, or caused by the neglect of, an individual who was a director or equivalent, the individual, as well as the body, is liable.

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