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CAP. 355]
Pyramid Selling Prohibition
[1980 Ed.

Power to award compensation.
Saving of rights
and claims.

or who, in either case, was acting or purporting to act in any such capacity commits a like offence.

(2) Where any person referred to in subsection (1) is charged with an offence under this Ordinance it shall be a defence for him to prove that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and to all other circumstances.

5. (1) Notwithstanding any provision in any other Ordinance, where a person is convicted of an offence under this Ordinance the court may, in addition to passing such sentence as may otherwise be passed by law, order the person so convicted to pay to any person who has suffered financial loss resulting from that offence, such amount as compensation as it thinks reasonable.

(2) An amount ordered as compensation under subsection (1) shall be recoverable as a civil debt by the person in whose favour the order is made.

6. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against any person ceasing to promote a pyramid selling scheme by reason of this Ordinance.

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CAP. 355] Pyramid Selling Prohibition [1980 Ed. Power to award compensation. Saving of rights and claims. or who, in either case, was acting or purporting to act in any such capacity commits a like offence. (2) Where any person referred to in subsection (1) is charged with an offence under this Ordinance it shall be a defence for him to prove that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and to all other circumstances. 5. (1) Notwithstanding any provision in any other Ordinance, where a person is convicted of an offence under this Ordinance the court may, in addition to passing such sentence as may otherwise be passed by law, order the person so convicted to pay to any person who has suffered financial loss resulting from that offence, such amount as compensation as it thinks reasonable. (2) An amount ordered as compensation under subsection (1) shall be recoverable as a civil debt by the person in whose favour the order is made. 6. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against any person ceasing to promote a pyramid selling scheme by reason of this Ordinance.
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2 CAP. 355] Pyramid Selling Prohibition [1980 Ed. Power to award compensation. Saving of rights and claims. or who, in either case, was acting or purporting to act in any such capacity commits a like offence. (2) Where any person referred to in subsection (1) is charged with an offence under this Ordinance it shall be a defence for him to prove that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and to all other circumstances. 5. (1) Notwithstanding any provision in any other Ordin- ance, where a person is convicted of an offence under this Ordinance the court may, in addition to passing such sentence as may otherwise be passed by law, order the person so convicted to pay to any person who has suffered financial loss resulting from that offence, such amount as compensation as it thinks reasonable. (2) An amount ordered as compensation under subsection (1) shall be recoverable as a civil debt by the person in whose favour the order is made. 6. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against any person ceasing to promote a pyramid selling scheme by reason of this Ordinance.
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CAP. 355]

Pyramid Selling Prohibition

[1980 Ed.

Power to award compensation.

Saving of rights

and claims.

or who, in either case, was acting or purporting to act in any such capacity commits a like offence.

(2) Where any person referred to in subsection (1) is charged with an offence under this Ordinance it shall be a defence for him to prove that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and to all other circumstances.

5. (1) Notwithstanding any provision in any other Ordin- ance, where a person is convicted of an offence under this Ordinance the court may, in addition to passing such sentence as may otherwise be passed by law, order the person so convicted to pay to any person who has suffered financial loss resulting from that offence, such amount as compensation as it thinks reasonable.

(2) An amount ordered as compensation under subsection (1) shall be recoverable as a civil debt by the person in whose favour the order is made.

6.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against any person ceasing to promote a pyramid selling scheme by reason of this Ordinance.

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