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within 12 months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Attorney General to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the Attorney General as to the date on which evidence sufficient to justify proceedings came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence.
(3) This section shall not apply in relation to an offence committed before the coming into operation* of the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 1972.
(Added, 78 of 1972, s. 20)
351B. (1) If on the application of the Attorney General it is shown to the court that there is reasonable cause to believe that any person has, while an officer of the company, committed an offence in connexion with the management of the company's affairs and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found in any books or papers of or under the control of the company, the court may make an order-
(a) authorizing any person named therein to inspect the said books or papers or any of them for the purpose of investigating and obtaining evidence of the offence; or
(b) requiring the secretary of the company or such other officer thereof as may be named in the order to produce the said books or papers or any of them to a person named in the order at a place so named.
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply also in relation to any books or papers of a person carrying on the business of banking so far as they relate to the company's affairs, as it applies to any books or papers of or under the control of the company, except that no such order as is referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall be made by virtue of this subsection.
(3) The decision of the court on an application under this section shall be final.
(Added, 6 of 1984, s. 245)
(78 of 1972.) {*1.3.73.}
Production and inspection of books where offence suspected.
1948 c. 38, s. 441.
of fines. 1929 c. 23, s. 367.
352. The court or magistrate imposing any fine under this Ordinance may direct that the whole or any part thereof shall be applied in or towards payment of the costs of the proceedings, or in or towards rewarding the person on whose information or at whose suit the fine is recovered, and subject to any such direction all fines under this Ordinance shall, notwithstanding anything in any other Ordinance, be paid into the general revenue.
353. [Repealed, 6 of 1984, s. 247]
(Amended, 6 of 1984, s. 246)
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within 12 months after the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Attorney General to justify the proceedings comes to his knowledge.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate of the Attorney General as to the date on which evidence sufficient to justify proceedings came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence.
(3) This section shall not apply in relation to an offence committed before the coming into operation* of the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 1972.
( Added, 78 of 1972, s. 20)
351B. (1) If on the application of the Attorney General it is shown to the court that there is reasonable cause to believe that any person has, while an officer of the company, committed an offence in connexion with the management of the company's affairs and that evidence of the commission of the offence is to be found in any books or papers of or under the control of the company, the court may make an order-
(a) authorizing any person named therein to inspect the said books or papers or any of them for the purpose of investigating and obtaining evidence of the offence; or
(b) requiring the secretary of the company or such other officer thereof as may be named in the order to produce the said books or papers or any of them to a person named in the order at a place so named.
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply also in relation to any books or papers of a person carrying on the business of banking so far as they relate to the company's affairs, as it applies to any books or papers of or under the control of the company, except that no such order as is referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall be made by virtue of this subsection.
(3) The decision of the court on an application under this section shall be final.
( Added, 6 of 1984, s. 245)
(78 of 1972.) {*1.3.73.}
Production and inspection of books where offence suspected.
1948 c. 38, s. 441.
of fines. 1929 c. 23, s. 367.
352. The court or magistrate imposing any fine under this Application Ordinance may direct that the whole or any part thereof shall be applied in or towards payment of the costs of the proceedings, or in or towards rewarding the person on whose information or at whose suit the fine is recovered, and subject to any such direction all fines under this Ordinance shall, notwithstanding anything in any other Ordinance, be paid into the general revenue.
353. [Repealed, 6 of 1984, s. 247]
(Amended, 6 of 1984, s. 246)
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