38. When a legal person, member of an association or other member is guilty of an offence against this Act or a regulation, every officer, functionary, director, partner, employee or agent of such legal person who prescribed or authorized the commission of the offence or consented to or acquiesced or participated in it, is deemed a party to the offence and is liable to the same penalty as that provided for the legal person, association or partnership whether or not the latter has been prosecuted or convicted.
1974, c. 53, s. 38; 1977, c. 57, s. 18; 1990, c. 4, s. 44; 1999, c. 40, s. 11.