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REGISTERED CLUBS ACT 1976 - SECT 56

General defence available to secretary of registered club

56 General defence available to secretary of registered club

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), it is a sufficient defence to a prosecution of a secretary of a registered club for an offence under this Part if it is proved that--
(a) the secretary had taken all reasonable precautions to avoid commission of the alleged offence, and
(b) at the time of the alleged offence the secretary did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the alleged offence had been committed.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any other offence under this Part in respect of which a defence is specifically available to the secretary of a registered club.



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