Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
39. Offences by
companies. -
1.
Where
an offence under this Act or any rule or order made there under 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 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 an offence under this Act or any
rule or order made thereunder 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 also 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, society, trade union or other
association of individuals; and
b.
"director",
in relation to a firm, society, trade union or other association of
individuals, means a partner in the firm or a member of the governing body of
such society, trade union or other association of individuals.