sec.48Presumed intention and conduct of bodies corporate

sec.48 Presumed intention and conduct of bodies corporate

Where, in proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act or under section 46 for an injunction in respect of conduct engaged in by a body corporate it is necessary to establish the intention of a body corporate that intention shall be presumed to be that shown to have been had by its agent or employee who committed the offence or who engaged in the conduct in question. For the purposes of this Act, conduct engaged in by an agent or employee of a body corporate on behalf of the body corporate or by any other person at the direction or with the consent or agreement, express or implied, of an agent or employee of the body corporate shall be deemed to have been engaged in also by the body corporate. In this section a reference to conduct engaged in by any person is a reference to doing or refusing or failing to do any act or thing. (sec.48-ssec.1) Where, in proceedings in respect of an offence against this Act or under section 46 for an injunction in respect of conduct engaged in by a body corporate it is necessary to establish the intention of a body corporate that intention shall be presumed to be that shown to have been had by its agent or employee who committed the offence or who engaged in the conduct in question. (sec.48-ssec.2) For the purposes of this Act, conduct engaged in by an agent or employee of a body corporate on behalf of the body corporate or by any other person at the direction or with the consent or agreement, express or implied, of an agent or employee of the body corporate shall be deemed to have been engaged in also by the body corporate. (sec.48-ssec.3) In this section a reference to conduct engaged in by any person is a reference to doing or refusing or failing to do any act or thing.