Section 18
Liability of dealer and servant for acts of servant
of Second-Hand Dealers Act 1946
ActIn forceProvision 18 of 22
Section 18
(1)
Where any act or thing is done or omitted to be done by any agent or servant employed by a licensed dealer, which if done or omitted to be done by the licensed dealer himself would constitute an offence under this Act, the licensed dealer shall be liable for such offence as if the act or thing had been done or omitted to be done by him.
(2)
Every agent or servant employed by a licensed dealer in the course of his business as such who does or omits to do anything which would, under this Act, be an offence if done or omitted to be done by the licensed dealer, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to the punishment prescribed therefor.