law: Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 
  24. Penalties 
  (1) If any person contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets
  
  the contravention of- 
  (i) the provisions of sub-section (1) or
  
  sub-section (4) of section 10, or of sub-section (1) of section 11 or of
  
  section 11A or of sub-section (1) of section 13 or of sub-sections (2), (2A),
  
  (2D), (2F) and (2G) of section 29B, or
  (ii) any direction issued under section 16 or
  
  sub-section (3) of section 18B, or
  (iii) any order made under section 18G, or
  (iv) any rule the contravention of which is
  
  made punishable under this section, he shall be punishable with imprisonment
  
  which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to five thousand
  
  rupees, or with both, and, in the case of continuing contravention, with an
  
  additional fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day during
  
  which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such
  
  contravention.
  (2) If the person contravening any of the said provisions is 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
  
  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 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.
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), 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, or 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 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.