National Service Act,1972
Act No : 28
Section :
MISCELLANEOUS
27. Offences by companies. (1) Where any provision of this Act or of any order made there under is contravensed by a company, every person who at the time the 22 contravention was made 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 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 such offence has been committed and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance, 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. CHAPTER 7 MISCELLANEOUS
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