77. When a company is guilty of an offence against this Act or a regulation, every officer, director, employee or agent of such company who prescribed or authorized the commission of the offence or who consented thereto or acquiesced or participated therein, is deemed a party to the offence and is liable to the same penalty as that provided for the company, whether or not the company has been prosecuted or found guilty.
1972, c. 55, s. 78; 1999, c. 40, s. 322.