In construing and enforcing this article, the act, omission, or failure of any official, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any association, partnership, corporation, or other principal within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such association, partnership, corporation, or other principal, as well as that of the individual.
(Ga. L. 1937, p. 659, § 16.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Agent criminally liable for quarantine violation.
- The fact that the manager of a company was acting for the manager's employer in violating a quarantine established by the director of entomology (now Commissioner) would not relieve the manager of individual criminal liability. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 8.