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Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993

Offences - Miscellaneous provisions

139: Directors and officers of bodies corporate

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"Company bosses can be guilty too if they know about or agree to law breaking"

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If a company breaks the law under the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993, you can be guilty of the offence too. You will be guilty if you are a director or officer of the company and you knew about the offence. You will also be guilty if you gave permission or consent for the offence to happen.

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Part 8Offences
Miscellaneous provisions

139Directors and officers of bodies corporate

  1. Where any body corporate is convicted of an offence against this Act or any regulations made under this Act, every director and every officer concerned in the management of the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence where it is proved that the act that constituted the offence took place with that person's knowledge, authority, permission, or consent.

Compare
  • 1963 No 22 s 28
  • 1987 No 85 s 60