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Rh (2) On payment of such sum of money, no further proceedings may be taken against that person in respect of the offence under this Act.

(3) All sums collected under this section must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

Offences by corporations

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

is evidence that the corporation had that state of mind.

(2) Where a corporation commits an offence under Part 2, a person—
 * (a) who is—
 * (i) an officer of the corporation; or
 * (ii) an individual involved in the management of the corporation and in a position to influence the conduct of the corporation 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;
 * (ii) is in any other way, whether by act or omission, knowingly concerned in, or is party to, the commission of the offence by the corporation; or