Lawgist29Offences by companies
(1) Where an offence punishable under this Act 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, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any 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 be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
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.
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- 1 Short title
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Transfer to, and vesting in, the Central Government of the undertakings of the jute companies
- 4 General Power of vesting
- 5 Jute companies to be liable for certain prior liabilities
- 6 Power of Central Government to direct vesting of the undertakings of the jute companies in Jute Manufactures Corporation
- 7 Payment of amount
- 8 Payment of further amount
- 9 Management, etc., of the undertakings of the jute companies
- 10 Duty of persons in charge of management of the undertakings to deliver all assets, etc
- 11 Duty of persons to account for assets, etc., in their possession
- 12 Continuance of employees
- 13 Provident fund and other funds
- 14 Appointment of Commissioner of Payments
- 15 Payment by Central Government to the Commissioner
- 16 Certain powers of Central Government or Jute Manufactures Corporation
- 17 Claims to be made to the Commissioner
- 18 Priority of Claims
- 19 Examination of claims
- 20 Admission or rejection of claims
- 21 Disbursement of money by the Commissioner
- 22 Disbursement of amounts to the jute companies
- 23 Undisbursed or unclaimed amounts to be deposited with the general revenue account
- 24 Act to have overriding effect
- 25 Assumption of liability
- 26 Management to continue to vest in certain persons until alternative arrangements have been made
- 27 Contracts to cease to have effect unless ratified by the Central Government or Jute Manufactures Corporation
- 28 Penalties
- 29 Offences by companies
- 30 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 31 Delegation of powers
- 32 Power to make rules
- 33 Power to remove difficulties
