Part II
- (b) in subsection (2):—
- (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”.
Directors’ etc. liability. 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.
Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980.
1980 c. 62.
26. In Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 there shall be added at the end the following—
| “Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. The following provisions in so far as they have effect in relation to the prohibitions contained in sections 20 and 21 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 namely:—
(various offences committed in connection with contraventions of prohibitions on the import and export of counterfeits of currency notes or protected coins). |
Two officials authorised to do so by the Secretary of State, being officials of the authority or body which may lawfully issue the currency notes or protected coins referred to in column 3 hereof. | That the coin or note identified in the certificate by reference to a label or otherwise is a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin; where “currency note” has the meaning assigned to it by section 27(1)(a) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, and “protected coin” means any coin which is customarily used as money in the United Kingdom, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland. |
| The Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 sections 14 to 16 (certain offences relating to counterfeiting). |
Two officials authorised to do so by the Secretary of State, being officials of the authority or body which may lawfully issue the currency notes or protected coins referred to in column 3 hereof. | That the coin or note identified in the certificate by reference to a label or otherwise is a counterfeit of a currency note or protected coin; where “currency note” has the meaning assigned to it by section 27(1)(a) of that Act, and “protected coin” means any coin which is customarily used as money in the United Kingdom, any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland.”. |
