Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
If: (a) this Act requires a person to lodge an instrument (including any certificate, contract or other document) or a certified copy of such an instrument; and (b) the instrument is not written in English; the person must lodge at the same time a certified translation of the instrument into English.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
376-5(1A)
An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
376-5(2)
If under this Act : (a) an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is required to make an instrument (including any certificate, contract or other document) available for inspection; and (b) the instrument is not written in English; the corporation must keep a certified translation of the instrument into English at: (c) its registered office if it is registered as a large corporation; or (d) its document access address if it is registered as a small or medium corporation.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
376-5(2A)
An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
376-5(3)
If: (a) a person has a right to inspect a book of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; and (b) the book, or a part of the book, is not in English; and (c) the person asks the corporation to give the person an English translation of the book or that part of the book; the corporation must give the person (free of charge) an English translation of the book, or that part of the book, within a reasonable time after the person asks for it.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
376-5(4)
To avoid doubt, subsection (3) applies even if the book concerned includes minutes that are kept by means of an audio, or audio-visual, recording.
376-5(5)
An offence against subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
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