Section 75: Offences committed by limited partnership
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75. Offences committed by limited partnership
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a limited partnership which does not
have legal personality contravenes—
(a) any provision of this Act;
(b) any regulation made under this Act; or
(c) any condition imposed by the Registrar upon the registration of
the limited partnership,
every general partner shall commit an offence.
(2) (a) Where a limited partnership which has legal personality contravenes—
(i) any provision of this Act;
(ii) any regulation made under this Act; or
(iii) any condition imposed by the Registrar upon the registration of
the limited partnership,
it shall commit an offence.
(b) Every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence,
was concerned in the management of the limited partnership or was purporting to act in that capacity, shall also commit the like offence, unless he
proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent
and that he took all reasonable steps to prevent the commission of the
offence.
(3) (a) Where a limited partnership is charged with an offence under
subsection (2), a representative may appear before the appropriate Court and
enter a plea of guilty or not guilty on behalf of the limited partnership.
(b) In this subsection, “representative” means a partner, the secretary
or any other person duly authorised by the limited partnership to represent it.