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17. (1) Every person who-
Offences,
penalties and
10 & 11 Geo.
(a) acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any procedure. provision of this Ordinance or of any regulation made there- under; or
5, c. 46, s. 13;
13 & 14 Geo.
(b) acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, the 5, c. 5, s. 2. conditions of any licence or authorization granted under or in pursuance of this Ordinance; or
(c) for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or for
any other person, the issue, grant or renewal of any such licence or authorization as aforesaid, makes any declaration or statement which is false in any particular, or knowingly utters, produces or makes use of any such declaration or statement or any document containing the same; or
(d) in the Colony aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission in any place outside the Colony of any offence punishable under the provisions of any corresponding law in force in that place, or does any act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, any act (wherever to be committed) which if committed in the Colony would constitute an offence against this Ordinance;
shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
(2) Every person guilty of an offence against this Ordinance shall, in respect of each offence, be liable-
(a) on conviction or indictment, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding ten years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months.
(3) Every person who attempts to commit an offence. against this Ordinance, or solicits or incites another person to commit such an offence, shall, without prejudice to any other liability, be liable upon summary conviction to the punishment and forfeiture as if he had committed an offence under this Ordinance.
same
(4) Where the person convicted of an offence under this Ordinance is a company, the chairman and every director and every officer concerned in the management of the company shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act or omission constituting the offence occurred without his knowledge or consent.
(5) Where the person convicted of an offence under this Ordinance is a firm, every partner in the firm and every person concerned in the management of the firm shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the act or omission constituting the offence occurred without his knowledge or consent.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of any enactment which prescribes the time within which proceedings for an offence punishable upon summary conviction may be com- menced, any summary proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance, or for attempting to commit such an offence, or for soliciting or inciting another person to commit such an offence, may be commenced either within the time so prescribed or within six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Superintendent to
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