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Section 51
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51. If a legal person or agent, mandatary or employee of a legal person, partnership or association without legal personality commits an offence under this Act or the Acts concerned, the director or officer of the legal person, partnership or association is presumed to have committed the offence, unless it is established that they exercised due diligence and took all necessary precautions to prevent the offence.
For the purposes of this section, in the case of a partnership, all partners, except special partners, are presumed to be directors of the partnership, unless there is evidence to the contrary appointing one or more of them, or a third person, to manage the affairs of the partnership.
In force: 2022-05-12
51. If a legal person or agent, mandatary or employee of a legal person, partnership or association without legal personality commits an offence under this Act or the Acts concerned, the director or officer of the legal person, partnership or association is presumed to have committed the offence, unless it is established that they exercised due diligence and took all necessary precautions to prevent the offence.
For the purposes of this section, in the case of a partnership, all partners, except special partners, are presumed to be directors of the partnership, unless there is evidence to the contrary appointing one or more of them, or a third person, to manage the affairs of the partnership.
