Special Economic Zones Act, 2005
25. Offences by companies
1.
Where
an offence 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 for
the offences, if he has proved that the offence was committed without his
knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission
of such offence.
1.
2.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence 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 the
offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this
section,-
"company" means any body
corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and
a.
"director",
in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.