Singapore legislation
Section 14
Section 14
Offences by body corporate, etc.
Where an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act has been committed by any body corporate, partnership, society or other unincorporated association of persons, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, partner, secretary or other similar officer thereof, or was purporting to act in any such capacity shall be guilty of that offence unless the person proves that —
the offence was committed without the person’s consent or connivance; and
the person had exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as the person ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of the person’s functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.