N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

Section 142 Disposition versions

2018-06-12

142. If a legal person or a representative, mandatary or employee of a legal person, partnership or association without legal personality commits an offence under this Act or its regulations, the directors or officers of the legal person, partnership or association without legal personality are presumed to have committed the offence unless it is established that they exercised due diligence, taking all necessary precautions to prevent the offence.

For the purposes of this section, in the case of a partnership, all partners, except special partners, are presumed to be directors of the partnership unless there is evidence to the contrary appointing one or more of them, or a third person, to manage the affairs of the partnership.

1979, c. 45, s. 142; 1999, c. 40, s. 196; 2018, c. 21, s. 49.

1999-10-22

142. Where a legal person commits an offence, every officer, director, employee or agent of that legal person who has prescribed or authorized the perpetration of the offence or agreed or was a party thereto, is deemed to be a party to the offence.

1979, c. 45, s. 142; 1999, c. 40, s. 196.

1980-04-16

142. Where a corporation commits an offence, every officer, director, employee or agent of that corporation who has prescribed or authorized the perpetration of the offence or agreed or was a party thereto, is deemed to be a party to the offence.

1979, c. 45, s. 142.