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(2) Where an offence under this Ordinance has been committed by a body corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision in any Ordinance prescribing the period within which summary proceedings may be commenced, proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance may be commenced at any time within the period of 12 months next after the date of the commission of the offence:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to an offence under section 9. (Added 69 of 1986 s. 2)
11. Forfeiture
(1) A magistrate, on application made on behalf of the Crown, shall order that any substance to which this Ordinance applies or any preparation of which any such substance is an ingredient or part, with respect to which any offence under this Ordinance has been committed, shall be forfeited to the Crown whether any person has been convicted of such offence or not.
(2) Upon the making of an order of forfeiture under this section, the substance or preparation to which such order relates shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from the rights of any person.
12. Regulations
(Added 50 of 1955 s. 6)
The Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe the substances and definitions thereof to which this Ordinance applies and generally for carrying the provisions of this Ordinance into effect.
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(2) Where an offence under this Ordinance has been committed by a body corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, general manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
(3) Notwithstanding any provision in any Ordinance prescribing the period within which summary proceedings may be commenced, proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance may be commenced at any time within the period of 12 months next after the date of the commission of the offence:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to an offence under section 9. (Added 69 of 1986 s. 2)
11. Forfeiture
(1) A magistrate, on application made on behalf of the Crown, shall order that any substance to which this Ordinance applies or any preparation of which any such substance is an ingredient or part, with respect to which any offence under this Ordinance has been committed, shall be forfeited to the Crown whether any person has been convicted of such offence or not.
(2) Upon the making of an order of forfeiture under this section, the substance or preparation to which such order relates shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from the rights of any person.
12. Regulations
(Added 50 of 1955 s. 6)
The Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe the substances and definitions thereof to which this Ordinance applies and generally for carrying the provisions of this Ordinance into effect.
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