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70 ::(b) for a corporation whose affairs are managed by its members, any of those members as if the member were a director of the corporation;
 * “state of mind” of a person includes—
 * (a) the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person; and
 * (b) the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.

Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships

73.—(1) Where, in a proceeding for an offence under this Act, it is necessary to prove the state of mind of an unincorporated association or a partnership in relation to a particular conduct, evidence that—
 * (a) an employee or agent of the unincorporated association or the partnership engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and
 * (b) the employee or agent had that state of mind,

is evidence that the unincorporated association or partnership had that state of mind.

(2) Where an unincorporated association or a partnership commits an offence under this Act, a person—
 * (a) who is—
 * (i) an officer of the unincorporated association or a member of its governing body;
 * (ii) a partner in the partnership; or
 * (iii) an individual involved in the management of the unincorporated association or the partnership and in a position to influence the conduct of that unincorporated association or that partnership in relation to the commission of the offence; and
 * (b) who—
 * (i) consented or connived, or conspired with others, to effect the commission of the offence;