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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 204A

Minimum number of secretaries

Proprietary companies

  (1)   A proprietary company is not required to have a secretary but, if it does have 1 or more secretaries, at least 1 of them must ordinarily reside in Australia.

Public companies

  (2)   A public company must have at least 1 secretary. At least 1 of them must ordinarily reside in Australia.

Strict liability offences

  (3)   An offence based on subsection   (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .


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