law: Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
  40. Offences by Companies.
  (1)
  
  Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person
  
  who, at the time the offence was committed, was directly 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 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
  
  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
  
  published 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.