Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973)Chapter VIII: DirectorsIndemnity and Relief of and Offences by Directors and Others251. False statement by directors and others |
| 1) | Every director or officer of a company or accountant employed by or auditor of a company or any other person employed generally or engaged for any special work or service by the company who makes, circulates or publishes or concurs in making, circulating or publishing any certificate, written statement, report or financial statement in relation to any property or affairs of the company which is false in any material particular, shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), be guilty of an offence. |
| 2) | In any prosecution under subsection (1) it shall be a defence to prove that the person charged had, after reasonable investigation, reasonable grounds to believe and did believe that the certificate, written statement, report or financial statement was true, and that there was no omission to state any material fact necessary to make the statement as drafted not misleading. |