Session 2012 - 13
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Other Bills before Parliament
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| Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill [Lords]
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| | That the Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill [Lords] Committee do meet on |
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| | Tuesdays when the House is sitting at 8.55 am and 2.00 pm. |
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| | Clauses 1 to 3 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 4, page 2, line 31, at end add— |
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| | ‘(5) | Where a partnership is convicted of an offence under section 4, any person |
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| | admitted as a partner after the date of the commission of the offence who can |
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| | prove that he or she was ignorant of that offence and had no knowledge of its |
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| | commission, shall not be liable to pay any fine or proportion of a fine imposed on |
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| | Clauses 5 to 8 Agreed to. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Prior to the admission of a person as a partner into the partnership, the |
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| | partnership must disclose to that person— |
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| | (a) | any circumstances of which the partnership is aware which might give |
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| | rise to a prosecution of the partnership for a criminal offence; and |
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| | (b) | all convictions of the partnership which have occurred in the previous |
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| | Bill reported, without amendment. |
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