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Rh offence with which the person is charged and, in doing so, the person bears the same burden of proof that the corporation would bear.

(4) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect the application of—
 * (a) Chapters V and VA of the Penal Code (Cap. 224); or
 * (b) the Evidence Act (Cap. 97) or any other law or practice regarding the admissibility of evidence.

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

(6) In this section—
 * “corporation” includes a limited liability partnership within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);
 * “officer”, in relation to a corporation, means any director, partner, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the corporation, and includes—
 * (a) any person purporting to act in any such capacity; and
 * (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

47.—(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 partnership engaged in that conduct within the scope of his or her actual or apparent authority; and