Cap. 248 Art. 49Offencesbybodies of persons.

Where any offence under this Act is committed by a body of persons, every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of such body of persons or was purporting to act in such capacity shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable on conviction to the punishment for that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.