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Person acting as charity trustee while disqualifiedN.I.

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87—(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who acts as a charity trustee or trustee for a charity while disqualified for being such a trustee by virtue of section 86 is guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where—

(a)the charity concerned is a company; and

(b)the disqualified person is disqualified by virtue only of paragraph (b) [F1,(g) or (h)] of section 86(1).

(3) Any acts done as charity trustee or trustee for a charity by a person disqualified for being such a trustee by virtue of section 86 shall not be invalid by reason only of that disqualification.

(4) Where the Commission is satisfied that any person—

(a)has acted as charity trustee or trustee for a charity while disqualified for being such a trustee by virtue of section 86, and

(b)has, while so acting, received from the charity any sums by way of remuneration or expenses, or any benefit in kind, in connection with acting as charity trustee or trustee for the charity,

the Commission may by order direct that person to repay to the charity the whole or part of any such sums, or (as the case may be) to pay to the charity the whole or part of the monetary value (as determined by the Commission) of any such benefit.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to any sums received by way of remuneration or expenses in respect of any time when the person concerned was not disqualified for being a charity trustee or trustee for the charity.

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