Section 59. Liability of licenses for offence committed by his agent
59. The holder of a licence, permit or pass granted under this Act shall be punishable, as well as the actual offender, for any offence punishable under section 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 or 58 committed by any person in his employ and acting on his behalf as if he had himself committed such offence, unless he established that all due and reasonable precautions were exercised by him to prevent the commission of such offence:
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