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Article (361)

Without prejudice to any severer penalty provided for in the Penalties Code or in any other law, imprisonment and a fine not less than five thousands Bahraini Dinars and not exceeding ten thousands Bahraini Dinars or either of these two penalties shall be imposed on:

a— Any person who has stated in the company's memorandum or articles of association or in the subscription prospectus or in any other documents of the company false data or data in violation of the provisions of this law and any person who has willfully signed these documents or distributed them.
b— Any founder, manager or board member who has invited the public to subscribe for shares or bonds in contravention of the provisions of this law and whoever has offered these shares or bonds for subscription for the account of the company with his knowledge of this violation.
c— Any partner or non-partner who has fraudulently evaluated in-kind shares at more than their real value.
d— Any board member, manager or auditor who has participated in preparing or approving a balance sheet that does not reflect the true financial position of the company or a profit and loss account that does not properly represent the profits or the losses of the company for the financial year.
e— Any board member, manager or auditor who has distributed profits or interests that are not true or are in contravention of the provisions of this law or the company's articles of association or has approved the distribution thereof.
f— Any manager or board member who has taken remuneration more than that provided for in this law or in the company's memorandum or articles of association.
g— Any manager, board member, liquidator or auditor who has stated false or untrue data in the balance sheet or in the profit and loss account or in the reports he has prepared for the partners or for the general assembly or who has failed to submit these reports or who has willfully ignored essential facts in these statements which renders the company's financial position untrue.
h— Any manager, member of the board of directors, member of the control board, consultant, expert, auditor or any of his assistants or employees, or any government officer or any person entrusted with the task of inspecting the company who has disclosed what he has known ex-officio of the company's secrets or has exploited these secrets to serve his own interest or that of others.
i— Any person appointed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to inspect the company and has willfully stated false facts about inspection in his reports or has willfully ignored in these reports essential data, which affects the results of inspection.