law: Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 
  40. Offences 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 directly 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 under 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 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 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;
  b.    
  
    "director",
  
  in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.