# Companies Act 1967 (repealed), Section 89: Criminal liability of directors, etc.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Where an offence under this Part of this Act committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, chief executive or manager (as defined in the Insurance Companies Act 1982), secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or 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 be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
(2) For the purposes of the foregoing subsection, a person shall be deemed to be a director of a body corporate if he is a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the body or any of them act.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/81/section/89 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1967-repealed/section-89
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.