Act 7
Electronic Signatures Act
2011
82. False information.
A person who knowingly makes, orally or in writing, signs or
furnishes any declaration, return, certificate or other document or
information required under this Act which is false or misleading in
any particular way commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to
a fine not exceeding one hundred and twenty currency points or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both.
83. Offences by body corporate.
(1) Where a body corporate commits an offence under this Act,
a person who at the time of the commission of the offence is a
director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body
corporate or was purporting to act in that capacity or was in any
manner or to any extent responsible for the management of any of the
affairs of the body corporate or was assisting in such management—
(a) may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings
with the body corporate; and
(b) where the body corporate is convicted of the offence, such
a person shall be deemed to have committed an offence
unless, having regard to the nature of his functions in that
capacity and to all circumstances, he proves—
(i)
that the offence was committed without his
knowledge, consent or connivance; and
(ii) that he took all reasonable precautions and had
exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of
the offence.
(2) Where a person is liable under this Act to a punishment or
penalty for any act, omission, neglect or default, he or she is liable to
the same punishment or penalty for every such act, omission, neglect
or default of any employee or agent of his or of the employee of such
agent, if the act, omission, neglect or default was committed—
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