WAGERING ACT 1998 - SECT 289
Executive officer may be taken to have committed offence against s 172
WAGERING ACT 1998 - SECT 289
Executive officer may be taken to have committed offence against s 172
289 Executive officer may be taken to have committed offence against s 172
(1) If a corporation commits an offence against section 172, each executive
officer of the corporation is taken to have also committed the offence if—
(a) the officer authorised or permitted the corporation’s conduct
constituting the offence; or
(b) the officer was, directly or indirectly,
knowingly concerned in the corporation’s conduct.
(2) The executive officer
may be proceeded against for, and convicted of, the offence against
section 172whether or not the corporation has been proceeded against for, or
convicted of, the offence.
(3) This section does not affect either of the
following—
(a) the liability of the corporation for the offence against
section 172;
(b) the liability, under the Criminal Code , chapter 2 , of any
person, whether or not the person is an executive officer of the corporation,
for the offence against section 172 .
Note—
See also section 340Efor the
application of this provision in relation to offences against other
provisions.