The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000
48. Offences by
companies.-
1.
Where
any offence under Chapter VI has been committed by a company, every person who
at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, or 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.
2.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under Chapter VI 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 deemed to
be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and
punished accordingly.
Explanation.- For the
purposes 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 of the firm.