law: The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 
  66. Offences by
  
  companies. - 
  1.     
  
    Where
  
  an offence under this Act which 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 offence and shall be liable to be
  
  proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that where a company has
  
  different establishments or branches or different units in any establishment or
  
  branch, the concerned Head or the person in-charge of such establishment,
  
  branch, unit nominated by the company as responsible for food safety shall be
  
  liable for contravention in respect of such establishment, branch or unit:
  
  Provided further 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 also be deemed to be guilty
  
  of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished
  
  accordingly. Explanation.-For the purpose 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.