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 * (i) for the words “A constable” there shall be substituted “The procurator fiscal”; and
 * (ii) for the words “a magistrates’ court” there shall be substituted “the sheriff court”.

25.—(1) Where an offence under section 18 or 19 of this Act which has been 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, a director, manager, 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) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) above shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.

26. In Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 there shall be added at the end the following—