Evidence as to state of mind of corporation

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(1)

Without limiting any other law or practice regarding the admissibility of evidence, evidence that an officer, employee or agent of a corporation (while acting in his or her capacity as such) had, at any particular time, a particular state of mind, is evidence that the corporation had that state of mind.

(2)

In this section, the state of mind of a person includes—

(a)

the knowledge, intention, opinion, belief or purpose of the person, and

(b)

the person’s reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose.

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98B Evidence as to state of mind of corporation