Section 32
Substitution of section 30
of Private Employment Agencies (Amendment) Act 2017
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 30
the following section:
“Offence by body corporate
Quoted provision
Section 30
Any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate commits an offence under this Act, may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate and if the body corporate is found to have committed the offence, shall be deemed to have committed that offence unless, having regard to, the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all circumstances, he proves—
(a)
that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance; and
(b)
that he had taken all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.”.