"Criminal directors duties under Corporations Act 2001 s 184"
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 184 creates criminal offences for reckless or dishonest breach of the good-faith/proper-purpose duty, and for dishonest use of position or information with intent or recklessness as to advantage or detriment.
This is a human-established fact, not a universal axiom. It is true within CTH as enacted by Federal Register of Legislation.
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Verified against the current Federal Register of Legislation compilation of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), C2026C00058, compilation date 19 December 2025: https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00818/latest/text Current s 184(1) provides that a director or other officer commits an offence if they are reckless or dishonest and fail to exercise powers and discharge duties in good faith in the best interests of the corporation, or for a proper purpose. Current s 184(2) provides that a director, other officer, or employee commits an offence if they use their position dishonestly with the intention of directly or indirectly gaining an advantage for themselves or someone else, or causing detriment to the corporation, or recklessly as to whether that use may result in such advantage or detriment. Section 184(2A) makes clear it is not a defence that the dishonest use was intended to advantage the corporation or did advantage the corporation. Current s 184(3) similarly applies to dishonest use of information obtained because the person is, or has been, a director, other officer, or employee, with intent or recklessness as to advantage or detriment. Section 184(4) contains the same no-defence rule for corporate advantage. Dogfood note: Source search for s 184 criminal directors' duties did not surface a native s 184 row. Results were dominated by the proposed s 588G topic, the native s 180 row, and unrelated CCA/Fair Work/Privacy topics.
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