law: Seeds Act, 1966
  21. 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 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 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 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