law: Apprentices Act, 1961
  32. 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 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 such punishment provided in 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 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 is attributable to any 
  
  negligence 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 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.