39Evidence as to state of mind of corporation

39 Evidence as to state of mind of corporation

39 Evidence as to state of mind of corporation

(1) Evidence that a person, while acting in the person’s capacity as an officer, employee or agent of a corporation, had, at a particular time, a particular state of mind, is evidence that the corporation had that state of mind.

(2) In this section—

state of mind, of a person, includes—

(a) the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person, and

(b) the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.