Section 20

Where an offence under this Act has been committed by any company or association or body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer thereof or was purporting to act in that capacity shall be guilty of that offence unless the person satisfies the court that the offence, other than an offence under section 3(3), was committed without the person’s knowledge or consent.