Civil liability for mis-statements in prospectus.

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.... time of the issue of the prospectus;      (b) every person who has authorised himself to be named and is named in the prospectus either as a director, or as having agreed to become a director, either immediately or after an interval of time;      (c) every person who is a promoter of the company; and      (d) every person who has authorised the issue of the prospectus: Provided that where, under section 58, the consent of a person is required to the issue of a prospectus and he has given that consent, or where under [1][* * *] sub-section (3) of section 60, the consent of a person named in a prospectus is required and he has given that consent, he shall not, by reason of havi....

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....ports to be a copy of or an extract from a report or valuation of an expert, it was a correct and fair representation of the statement, or a correct copy of, or a correct and fair extract from, the report or valuation; and he had reasonable ground to believe, and did up to the time of the issue of the prospectus believe, that the person making the statement was competent to make it and that that person had given the consent required by section 58 to the issue of the prospectus and had not withdrawn that consent before delivery of a copy of the prospectus for registration or, to the defendant's knowledge, before allotment thereunder; and      (iii) as regards every untrue statement purporting to be a statement made by an....

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....allotment of the shares or debentures, believe, that the statement was true. (4) Where___      (a) the prospectus specifies the name of a person as a director of the company, or as having agreed to become a director thereof, and he has not consented to become a director, or has withdrawn his consent before the issue of the prospectus, and has not authorised or consented to the issue thereof; or      (b) the consent of a person is required under section 58 to the issue of the prospectus and he either has not given that consent or has withdrawn it before the issue of the prospectus; the directors of the company excluding those without whose knowledge or consent the prospectus was issued, and every o....