law: Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 
  
  53.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 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 offences 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
  
  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 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.