Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
18. Offences by companies
(1) Where an offence under this Act has been
committed by 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.
(2) 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 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 any body
corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and
(b) "director", in relation to a
firm, means a partner in the firm.