Section 124: Liability of owner for acts of agent or his own employee
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
124. Liability of owner for acts of agent or his own employee
(1) Unless otherwise established to the satisfaction of the DirectorGeneral, an owner of goods shall be liable for the acts and declarations of his
duly authorised agent or designated clerk and may accordingly be prosecuted
for an offence committed by such agent or designated clerk in relation to any
such goods as if such owner had himself committed the offence.
(2) No owner shall be sentenced to imprisonment for any offence committed by his duly authorised agent or designated clerk unless such owner
actually consented to the commission of the offence.
(3) This section shall not relieve the duly authorised agent or designated
clerk from any liability to prosecution in respect of any such offence.
PART XV – POWERS OF OFFICERS
Sub-Part I – General