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 * (m) contravenes section 86; or
 * (n) is an owner or a manager of a school which contravenes section 86,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

(4) If a registered manager of a school is charged with an offence by reason of being a member of a management committee which has contravened a provision of this Ordinance specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) or in paragraph (g) of subsection (3), it shall be a defence to the charge if he proves that—
 * (a) the other members of the management committee contravened such provision without his knowledge or consent; or
 * (b) he took all reasonable steps to prevent the other members of the management committee from contravening such provision.

88. In any prosecution for an offence against this Ordinance—
 * (a) if it is proved that any equipment, materials or documents of an educational nature or suitable for the purposes of a school were found at any place, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that a school was being operated at such place;
 * (b) if it is proved that any person did any act in connexion with the organization or operation of a school, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that such person took part in the management of such school; and
 * (c) if it is proved that any person was in charge of or issued instructions to any person under twenty-one years of age in any school premises, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the first-mentioned person was teaching in that school.

89. (1) A magistrate may, if satisfied that—
 * (a) a school which is not registered or provisionally registered is being operated in any premises; or
 * (b) a school is being operated in any premises which are not specified in the certificate of registration or provisional registration of the school,

order that a notice in writing of the fact shall be served on the landlord and the tenant of the premises or, if the landlord or