The Carriage by Road Act, 2007
18. Punishment for
contravention in relation to non-registration, carrying goods of dangerous or
hazardous nature, or prohibited goods. -
1.
Whoever
contravenes the provisions of section 3, section 13 or a notification issued
under section 14 shall be punishable for the first offence with fine which may
extend to five thousand rupees, and for the second or subsequent offence with
fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
2.
If
the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, every person who,
at the time the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible
to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the
company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be
proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in
this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment, if he
proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had
exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
3.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under this Act has
been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been
committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect
on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the
company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be proceeded
against and punished accordingly. Explanation.-For the purpose of this
section,-
a. "company"
means anybody corporate and includes a firm or other association of
individuals; and
b. "director",
in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.