Acts and Regulations

I-4 - Industrial Relations Act

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Offences by officers or agents
112(1)An information or complaint in respect of a violation of the provisions of this Act may be for one or more offences, and no information, warrant, conviction or other proceedings in any such prosecution is objectionable or insufficient by reason of the fact that it relates to two or more offences.
112(2)Where a corporation, trade union, council of trade unions or employers’ organization is guilty of an offence under this Act, every officer, representative or agent thereof who assented to the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be a party to and guilty of the offence.
112(3)A prosecution for an offence under this Act may be instituted against a person, employee, employer, trade union, council of trade unions, or employers’ organization in the name of the person, employee, employer, trade union, council of trade unions or employers’ organization, as the case may be.
112(4)A prosecution for an offence under this Act may be instituted by a person, employee, employer, trade union, council of trade unions, or employers’ organization in the name of the person, employee, employer, trade union, council of trade unions or employers’ organization, as the case may be.
112(5)In any prosecution for an offence under this Act, any act or thing done or omitted by an officer, representative or agent of a trade union or council of trade unions or employers’ organization within the scope of his authority to act on behalf of the trade union, council of trade unions or employers’ organization shall be deemed to be an act or thing done or omitted by the trade union, council of trade unions or employers’ organization.
112(6)In any prosecution for an offence under this Act against an employer or employers’ organization, the act or omission of any manager, superintendent or other person who exercises management functions shall be deemed to be the act or omission of the employer or employers’ organization, as the case may be, by whom such person was employed, unless and until it is proved that such act or omission was without the knowledge or consent of such employer or employers’ organization.
1971, c.9, s.113