law: The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 
  44. Contravention by
  
  companies. – 
  1.     
  
    Where
  
  a person committing contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of
  
  any rule made there under is a company, every person who, at the time the
  
  contravention 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 fine:
  
  Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person
  
  liable to any punishment if he proves that the contravention was committed
  
  without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the
  
  commission of such contravention.
  2.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), where a contravention of any of the
  
  provisions of this Act or of any rule made there under has been committed by a
  
  company and it is proved that the contravention has taken place 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
  
  contravention and shall be liable to fine. Explanation.-For the purpose of this
  
  section,-
  (a) "company"
  
  means a 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.