s 58 Offences by officers, etc., of bodies corporate
58. Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body corporate, a partnership or unincorporated association of persons, any person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director, manager, partner, secretary or other similar officer thereof, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall also be guilty of that offence unless the person proves that —(a) the offence was committed without the person’s consent or connivance; and (b) the person exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as the person ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of the person’s functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.