National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981
57. 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 in
this Act, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or
that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
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 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 that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished
accordingly.
Explanation.--For the purpose of this section-
a.
"company"
means anybody corporate and includes a firm or other association of
individuals; and
b.
"director",
in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.