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(1)An officer of a company commits an offence if, during a moratorium for the company or at any time within the period of 12 months ending with the day on which a moratorium for the company comes into force, the officer—
(a)does any of the things mentioned in subsection (2), or
(b)was privy to the doing by others of any of the things mentioned in subsection (2)(c), (d) and (e).
(2)Those things are—
(a)concealing any part of the company’s property to the value of £500 or more, or concealing any debt due to or from the company,
(b)fraudulently removing any part of the company’s property to the value of £500 or more,
(c)concealing, destroying, mutilating or falsifying any document affecting or relating to the company’s property or affairs,
(d)making any false entry in any document affecting or relating to the company’s property or affairs,
(e)fraudulently parting with, altering or making any omission in any document affecting or relating to the company’s property or affairs, or
(f)pawning, pledging or disposing of any property of the company which has been obtained on credit and has not been paid for (unless the pawning, pledging or disposal was in the ordinary way of the company’s business).
(3)It is a defence—
(a)for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) in respect of any of the things mentioned in subsection (2)(a) or (f) to prove that the person had no intent to defraud, and
(b)for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) in respect of any of the things mentioned in subsection (2)(c) or (d) to prove that the person had no intent to conceal the state of affairs of the company or to defeat the law.
(4)Where a person pawns, pledges or disposes of any property of a company in circumstances which amount to an offence under subsection (1), every person who takes in pawn or pledge, or otherwise receives, the property commits an offence if the person knows it to be pawned, pledged or disposed of in circumstances which—
(a)amount to an offence under subsection (1), or
(b)would, if a moratorium were obtained for the company within the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which the pawning, pledging or disposal took place, amount to an offence under subsection (1).
(5)In this section, “officer” includes a shadow director.]
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