The Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007
44. Offences by
companies. -
1. Where
an offence under this Chapter is committed by a company, every person, who at
the time the offence was committed, was in charge of the company or was
responsible for making the deposit, as the case may be, 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 punishment if he proves that the contravention took
place without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent
such contravention.
2. Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under this Chapter has
been committed by a company and it is proved that such an offence has been
committed with the consent or connivance 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 punishedaccordingly. 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.