Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

Marginal note:Offence by officers, etc., of corporation

• 200 (1) If a corporation commits an offence under this Part, any of the following individuals who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence is a party to and guilty of the offence and is liable on conviction to the punishment provided for the offence, whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted:

  • (a) an officer, director or agent of the corporation; and

  • (b) any other individual exercising managerial or supervisory functions in the corporation.

• Marginal note:Offence by employee or agent

  (2) In a prosecution for an offence under this Part, it is sufficient proof of the offence to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent of the accused, whether or not the employee or agent is identified or has been prosecuted for the offence.