Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsSection 23 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the e nd the following subsection s:
" (4) Where, in proceedings for an offence ag ainst subsection 15(1), (2) or (3) or 22 (3) in respect of any conduct eng aged in by a corporation, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of the corporation, it is sufficient to show that a director, servant or ag ent of the corporation, being a director, servant or agent by whom the conduct was engaged in within the scope of his or her actual or apparent auth ority, had that state of mind.
" (5) Any conduct engaged in on behalf of a corporation ;
(a) by a director, servant or agent of the corporation within the scope of his or her a ctual or apparent authority; or
(b) by any other person at the direction o r with the consent or agreement (whether express or implied) of a di rector, servant or agent of the corporation, where the giving of such dir ection, consent or agreement is within the scope of the actual or apparent aut hority of the director, servant or agent,
shall be deemed, for the purposes of a provision of this A ct that creates an offence, to have been engaged in by the corporation.
" (6) A reference in subsection (4) t o the state of mind of a person includes a reference to the knowledge, intent ion, opinion, belief or purpose of the person and the person's reasons for the intention, opinion, belief or purpose. " .