law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
  49. Offences by
  
  companies.-
  
  1.  If
  
  the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, the company as
  
  well as every person in charge of, and responsible to, the company for the
  
  conduct of its business at the time of the commission of the offence 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
  
  exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
  1.  
  2.  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), 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 that the commission of the offence 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 an punished accordingly.
  Explanation.- For the purposes of
  
  this section,-
  a.  
  
    "company"
  
  means anybody corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals;
  
  and
  b.  
  
    "director",
  
  in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.