# The Chemical Weapons (Overseas Territories) Order 2005, Paragraph 31: Offences: other provisions


(1) Proceedings for an offence under section 2 or 11 shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.
(2) Proceedings for an offence under any provision of this Act other than section 2 or 11 shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Governor.
(3) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—
(a) a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,
he as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(4) In subsection (3) “director”, in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.
(5) [omitted]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/854/schedule/1/paragraph/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-weapons-overseas-territories-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-31
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