Section 11, NPRC DECREE N0.2 1992

(1) Any person who contravenes any provision of this Decree shall be guilty of an offence and liable— (*a*) on summary conviction to a fine of not less than two million leones or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both such fine and imprisonment; (*b*) on conviction on indictment to a fine of not less than ten million leones or to imprisonment not exceeding seven years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (2) Where an offence under this Decree is committed by a body of persons then, subject to sub-section (3) of this section, the following provision shall have effect, that is to say— (*a*) where the body of persons is a body corporate (other than a partnership) every director or officer of that body corporate shall be deemed also to be guilty of that offence and shall be punished in accordance with subsection (1) of this section; (*b*) where the body of persons is a partnership, every partner thereto shall be deemed also to be guilty of that offence and shall be punished in accordance with subsection (1) of this section. (3) No person shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence under subsection (2) if he proves that the act in respect of which he is charged was committed by some persons other than himself and that the act was committed without his consent or connivance, and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the act as he ought to have exercised, having regard to all the circumstances. [Margin: Restriction on disposition, etc. by company.]