law: Arms Act, 1959
  33. Offence by companies 
  
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  (1) Whenever an offence 
  
  under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who at the time the 
  
  offence was committed was in charge of, or 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 under this Act if he proves that the offence was committed without 
  
  his knowledge and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission 
  
  of such office.
  (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 neglect on the part of, any 
  
  director, manager, secretary or other officer or the company, such director, 
  
  manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of the 
  
  offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
  Explanation - For the 
  
  purposes of this section -
  
  
  (a) "Company" means any body corporate, and includes a firm or other association 
  
  or individuals; and
  (b) "Director", in relation 
  
  to a firm, means a partner in the firm.