55. Every employer shall be liable to the penalties prescribed for infringements of this act committed by his employee unless he proves that the employee acted against his orders or without his knowledge and, in the case of an infringement relating to the price of milk, that he discharged the employee as soon as he learned of the infringement.
Whosoever incites another person to commit an offence or participates in an offence committed by another person shall be liable to the penalties contemplated for such offence to the same extent as the offender.