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3.Liability
for General Offences, False or Misleading Statements and Misuse of Membership Information
•General offence
provisions exist under both the CNCA and ONCA for
any contravention of the act or regulations,
other than the requirement referred to previously
regarding the duty to comply with the organization’s
articles, by-laws and UMA
•It is an
offence to use information obtained from a register or list of members or debt obligation holders for a purpose other than those specified in the acts as appropriate
•It is also an
offence to make or assist in making a false
or misleading statement in a document required under the applicable Act or the Regulations
•Directors and
officers may also be held responsible for offences of the body corporate that they authorized, permitted or acquiesced to
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