Companies Act, 2013
34.
Criminal
liability for misstatements in prospectus.
Where
a prospectus, issued, circulated or distributed under this Chapter, includes
any statement which is untrue or misleading in form or context in which it is
included or where any inclusion or omission of any matter is likely to mislead,
every person who authorizes the issue of such prospectus shall be liable under
section 447:
Provided
that nothing in this section shall apply to a person if he proves that such
statement or omission was immaterial or that he had reasonable grounds to
believe, and did up to the time of issue of the prospectus believe, that the
statement was true or the inclusion or omission was necessary.