law: The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
  46. Offences by
  
  companies.-
  1.  Where
  
  an offence punishable under this Act has been committed by 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 the business of t e 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.
  2.  Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence punishable 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 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 any 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.