# Road Traffic Act 1972, Section 139: Offences by corporations


Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Part of this Act and the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to neglect on the part of, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/20/section/139 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972/section-139
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