Printing Presses and Publications
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Liability of partners, directors, etc.
22. (1) Whenever an offence under this Act is committed by a body
corporate any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body
corporate shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he
shall prove that the offence was committed without his knowledge or
consent and was not attributable to any neglect on his part.
(2) Whenever any agent or servant in the course of his
employment does or omits to do any act the doing of which or the
omission to do such act by his principal or employer would be an
offence, the agent or servant shall be guilty of that offence.
(3) Any person who would have been guilty of an offence if
anything had been done or omitted by him personally shall be guilty
of that offence and liable to the same penalty if the thing had been
done or omitted to be done by his partner, agent or servant in the
course of the partnership business or in the course of his employment,
as the case may be, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court
that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent and
that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the doing or
omission to do the thing.
(4) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in
derogation from any other provisions of this Act.
Service of notice, etc.
23. Any notice, document or other correspondence shall be deemed to
be sufficiently communicated to the holder of a licence, permit or
certificate if such notice, document or correspondence—
(a) is personally served on the person in charge at the
premises where the printing press is located, where the
publication is published, or upon the agent appointed
under subsection 6(3);
(b) is sent by registered post to the address of the holder
given in the licence or permit or the agent appointed
under subsection 6(3); or
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