s 30 Offence for persons to engage unlicensed persons
30.—(1) Any person who, directly or indirectly, engages or uses the services of a person who has not obtained a licence as required under section 6 in connection with the employment of any person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 for each employee engaged through that person who has not so obtained a licence. (2) In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it is not a defence for a defendant to prove that the defendant did not know that the person has not obtained a licence as required under section 6 unless the defendant further proves that the defendant had exercised due diligence to ascertain the status of that person. (3) For the purpose of subsection (2), a defendant is not to be deemed to have exercised due diligence unless the defendant had verified, in such manner as may be prescribed, that the person mentioned in that subsection has obtained a licence as required under section 6.[22A