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[s. 31 cont.]
Offences by corporations.
Evidence of authority or sanction of Governor and certificate of British customs or consular officer.
Saving of rights of the Crown, Trading with the Enemy.
not been given by the person by whom it purports to have been given, or which has been in any way altered or tampered with, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars or, alternatively, in the case of goods for export, treble the value of the goods, and to imprisonment for three months, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the truth of the statements made or contained in any document so presented or produced or to satisfy himself of the genuineness of the guarantee, certificate or undertaking.
(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs any person in the exercise of any powers conferred on him by or under this Ordinance shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
[29]
32. Where any offence under this Ordinance committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
[30]
33. (1) Any document stating that any authority or sanction is given under any of the provisions of this Ordinance by the Governor and purporting to be signed on behalf of the Governor shall be evidence of the facts stated in the document.
(2) In any proceeding in respect of or involving any matter, civil or criminal, arising under this Ordinance, any certificate produced from official custody and purporting to be signed by any British customs or consular officer shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters stated therein.
[31]
34. This Ordinance shall be without prejudice to the exercise of any right or prerogative of the Crown.
[32]
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