Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999
42. Contravention by companies
(1) Where a person committing a contravention of any of the
provisions of this Act or of any rule, direction or order made thereunder is a company, every person who, at the time the
contravention 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 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 due
diligence to prevent such contravention.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where
a contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule, direction
or order made thereunder has been committed by a
company and it is proved that the contravention has taken place 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
contravention and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section-
1. "company" means any body
corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and
2. "director", in relation to a
firm, means a partner in the firm.