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ABORIGINAL HERITAGE ACT 1988 - SECT 41

41—Vicarious liability

        (1)         Where an employee or agent acting in the course of his or her employment or agency commits an offence against this Act, the employer or principal is also guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for the principal offence.

        (2)         Where a body corporate commits an offence against this Act, each member of the governing body of the body corporate is guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty applicable to the principal offence when committed by a natural person unless it is proved that the member could not by the exercise of reasonable diligence have prevented the commission of that offence.



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