Section 22A

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.

In any proceedings for an offence under subsection (1), it shall not be a defence for a defendant to prove that he did not know that the person has not obtained a licence as required under section 6 unless the defendant further proves that he had exercised due diligence to ascertain the status of such person.

For the purpose of subsection (2), a defendant shall not be deemed to have exercised due diligence unless he had verified, in such manner as may be prescribed, that the person referred to in that subsection has obtained a licence as required under section 6.