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539.   Specific offences

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539.   Specific offences

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    (1)   A person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of 6 months, or to both—

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      (a)     who without reasonable cause contravenes section 189;

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      (b)     who without reasonable cause contravenes section 193;

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      (c)     who wilfully contravenes section 304, 311, or 313;

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      (d)     who without reasonable cause contravenes of section 269(5);

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      (e)     who wilfully contravenes section 142 or 143;

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      (f)     who without reasonable cause fails to comply with a requirement of the Registrar under section 532 to report to the Registrar any information or any names or addresses of persons sought by the Registrar under that section;

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      (g)     who, being a proxy holder or alternate proxy holder, fails without reasonable cause to comply with the directions of a shareholder under section 145(1);

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      (h)     who, being a registrant within the meaning of this Act, knowingly contravenes section 146;

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      (i)     who, being an auditor or former auditor of a company, contravenes section 169(1) without reasonable cause; or

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      (j)     who, being a director or officer of a company knowingly contravenes section 173.

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    (2)   Where the person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is a body corporate, then, whether the body corporate has been prosecuted or convicted, any director or officer of the body corporate who knowingly authorised, permitted or acquiesced in the act or omission that constituted the offence also commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term of 6 months, or to both.

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