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50 :: be or is being committed, and failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop the commission of that offence, shall be guilty of the same offence as is the unincorporated association or partnership (as the case may be), and shall be liable on conviction to be punished accordingly.

(3) A person mentioned in subsection (2) may rely on a defence that would be available to the unincorporated association or partnership if it were charged with the offence with which the person is charged and, in doing so, the person bears the same burden of proof that the unincorporated association or partnership would bear.

(4) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect the application of—
 * (a) Chapters 5 and 5A of the Penal Code 1871; or
 * (b) any written law or practice regarding the admissibility of evidence.

(5) To avoid doubt, subsection (2) also does not affect the liability of an unincorporated association or a partnership for an offence under this Act or the Regulations, and applies whether or not the unincorporated association or partnership is convicted of the offence.

(6) In this section, “reasonable steps” and “state of mind” have the meanings given by section 38.

Jurisdiction of courts

40. Despite the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act or the Regulations and has power to impose the full punishment for any such offence.

Protection of informers

41.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), no witness in any civil or criminal proceedings commenced on or after the date of commencement of this section is obliged or permitted—