law: Emigration Act, 1983
  25. Offences by companies .-
  (1) Where an offence under this Act has been
  
  committed by a company, every person who, at the time of 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 such person liable to any 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.
  Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (1) where any offence s 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 or any neglect on the part of any
  
  director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director,
  
  manager, secretary or other officer shall 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,- "Company" means any body corporate and includes a firm
  
  or other association of individuals, and "director" in relation to
  
  firm, means a partner in the firm.