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In forceVicarious liability of employers in certain circumstances
Part 8Miscellaneous
72 Vicarious liability of employers in certain circumstances
If a person commits an offence against this Act in the course of employment by another, the employer is guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for the principal offence unless it is proved that the employer could not, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have prevented the commission of the offence.
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