Lawgist25Offences by companies
(1) Where an offence 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 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 was 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 Undertaking of the old company to vest in the Central Government
- 4 General effect of meeting
- 5 Duty to deliver possession of property acquired and documents relating thereto
- 6 Duty to furnish particulars
- 7 Transfer of employees of the old company
- 8 Payment of amount
- 9 Formation and registration of a new company
- 10 Management of the old company
- 11 Custodian to be public servant
- 12 Vacation of office by directors, etc., of the old company
- 13 Constitution of a Tribunal
- 14 Tribunal to call upon persons to make claims
- 15 Determination of genuine shares
- 16 No compensation for cancellation of spurious shares
- 17 Power of Tribunal to entertain and dispose of claims for reimbursement
- 18 Suits and legal proceedings, not to be commenced or proceeded with
- 19 Decision of the Tribunal to be final
- 20 Custodian to reconstruct register of members of the old company
- 21 Custodian to issue fresh share certificates
- 22 No annual general meeting of the old company to be held before the reconstruction of the register of members
- 23 Custodian to file accounts until reconstruction of the register of members of the old company
- 24 Penalties
- 25 Offences by companies
- 26 Offences to be triable by a Magistrate of the first class and not to be compoundable
- 27 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 28 Contracts, etc., in bad faith may be cancelled or varied
- 29 Power to terminate contract of employment
- 30 Power to remove difficulty
- 31 Power to make rules
