law: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986  
  17. Offences by Government Departments
  (1) Where an offence under this Act has been
  
  committed by the Department of Government, the Head of the Department 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 section
  
  shall render such Head of the Department 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.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a
  
  Department of Government 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 officer, other than the Head of the Department, such officer shall
  
  also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded
  
  against and punished accordingly.