Criminal Code
353Meaning of agent and principal for pt 3.7
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353 Meaning of agent and principal for pt 3.7 (1) An agent (and the principal of the agent) includes the following: item agent column 3 principal of the agent 1 a person acting for someone else with that other person’s actual or implied authority that other person 2 a public official the government or other body for which the official acts 3 an employee the employer 4 a lawyer acting for a client the client
item agent column 3 principal of the agent 5 a partner the partnership 6 an officer of a corporation (whether or not employed by it) the corporation 7 an officer of another body (whether or not employed by it) the body 8 a consultant to a person that person (2) A person is an agent or principal if the person is, or has been or intends to be, an agent or principal.