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(1) Where an offence is committed by a body of persons under this Act

(a) in the case of a body corporate other than a partnership, every director or secretary of the body corporate shall also be deemed to have committed the offence, and

(b) in the case of a partnership, every partner shall also be deemed to have committed the offence.

(2) A person shall not be considered to have committed an offence under this section if the person proves to the satisfaction of the court that the offence in respect of which the person is charged was committed by some other person and was without the consent or connivance of the person charged and that the person charged exercised the diligence required to prevent the commission of that offence that that person ought to have exercised having regard to the circumstances.