Petroleum Mining Act · 2022 Revised Edition
Section 12A
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence against this Act, every director and other person concerned in the management of the body corporate shall be guilty of the like offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all
person
“person” means and includes any individual or group of individuals and any company, corporation or other body;
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petroleum
“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas or casinghead petroleum spirit existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;
such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
Terms defined in s 2
person
Defined · s 2“person” means and includes any individual or group of individuals and any company, corporation or other body;
petroleum
Defined · s 2“petroleum” means any mineral oil or relative hydrocarbon and natural gas or casinghead petroleum spirit existing in its natural condition in strata but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation;