law: Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985
  62. Offences by
  
  companies.-
  
  1.  If
  
  the person committing an offence under this Act 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 offence and shall be liable to be
  
  proceeded against and punished accordingly:
  Provided that 
  
  nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any 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 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 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.