Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
58C. Offences by companies
(1) Where a person committing a contravention or default
referred to in section 58B is a company, every person who, at the time the
contravention or default 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 contravention or default 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 punishment if he proves that the contravention
of default was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due
diligence to prevent the contravention or default.
(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 same was committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to
any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary, or other officer
or employee of the company, such director, manager, secretary, other officer or
employee shall also be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable
to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Explanation I: Any offence punishable under this Act
shall be deemed to have been committed at the place where the registered office
or the principal place of business, as the case may be, in India, of the
company is situated.
Explanation II: For the purpose of this section,-
(a) "a company" means any body corporate and includes
a corporation, a non-banking institution, a firm, a co-operative society or
other association of individuals;
(b) "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner
in the firm.