Rex v Central African Contractors Ltd
Rex v Central African Contractors Ltd (Criminal Appeal No. 198 of 1944) [1945] EACA 54 (1 January 1945)
The court dismissed a company’s appeal against price-control convictions, holding that the regulation imposed absolute liability and that transport charges had not been proved.
- Price Control Offences
- Absolute Liability
- Corporate Criminal Responsibility
- Burden Of Proof
- Mens Rea Absence
- Absolute-liability