Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for production) Act, 1985
13. 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 provided in this Act, 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 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 cooperative society registered or
deemed to be registered under any law for the time being in force, a firm or
other association of individuals; and
b. "director",
in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.