Section 32
New section 101b
of Employment (Amendment) Act 2012
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 101a the following section:
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“Offence by body corporate, etc.
Quoted provision
Section 101b
Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body corporate, partnership, society or trade union—
(a)
in the case of a body corporate, any person who is a director, manager, or other similar officer of the body corporate at the time of the commission of the offence;
(b)
in the case of a partnership, every partner in the partnership at the time of the commission of the offence; and
(c)
in the case of a society or trade union, every office-bearer of the society or trade union at the time of the commission of the offence, shall be deemed to have committed the offence and may be charged jointly or severally in the same proceedings as the body corporate, partnership, society or trade union.”.
Amendment of section 102