Section 1043NCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Relief from civil liability

In proceedings against a person under Part 9.4B (including under section 1317HA) relating to a contravention of subsection 1043A(1) or (2), the court may relieve the person wholly or partly from liability if it appears to the court that:

(a) in any case—the circumstances in any of the sections referred to in subsection 1043M(1) applied; or

(b) in the case of subsection 1043A(1)—the circumstance referred to in paragraph 1043M(2)(a) or (b) applied; or

(c) in the case of subsection 1043A(2)—the circumstance referred to in paragraph 1043M(3)(a) or (b) applied.

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