Section 256Part 9 — Offences Relating to Property
Liability of company officers for certain offences by company
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256. (1) Where an offence committed by a body corporate under section 247, 248 or 255 is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager, secretary or similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in such capacity, that person as well as the body corporate shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, this section shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with that member’s functions of management as if that member were a director of the body corporate.