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"ref": "1891 November 13, Missions Étrangères Ordinance (Ordinance 11 of 1891; Chapter 369, 1985 Revised Edition), Singapore: Government Printer, published 1986, →OCLC:",
"text": "The Procureur at Singapore of La Société des Missions Étrangères to be a body corporate [section title] [section] 2.—(1) The said Nicolas Justin Couvreur and his successors for the time being in the office of Procureur at Singapore of \"La Société des Missions Étrangères\", duly qualified as hereinafter provided, shall be a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and shall for the purposes of this Ordinance have the name of \"The Procureur in Singapore of La Société des Missions Étrangères\", and by that name have perpetual succession, and shall and may have and use a corporate seal.",
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"text": "Section 314 of the 1980 Act provides that a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of a body corporate that has committed particular offences under the 1980 Act will also be guilty of those offences if it can be proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of that officer or is attributable to the neglect of the officer.",
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"ref": "2016, IBP, Inc., Canada Company Laws and Regulations Handbook Volume 1:",
"text": "A body corporate is the holding body corporate of another if that other body corporate is its subsidiary.",
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"ref": "2019, Juliette Overland, Corporate Liability for Insider Trading:",
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"ref": "2011, Stephen Raff, The Body Corporate Handbook:",
"text": "Rules governing the behaviour of residents or tenants are set in two ways: by legislation and by the body corporate creating its own rules of management.",
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"ref": "2011, Jeff Ball, Buying An Apartment Off The Plan in Queensland:",
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"ref": "2012, Melissa Opie, Find the Right Property, Buy at the Right Price, page 78:",
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"ref": "2017, Maria Slade, Buyer Beware: A New Zealand Home Buyer's Guide:",
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