law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  114. Offences by companies .- 
  (1) If the person committing an offence under
  
  this Act is a company, the company as well as every person in charge of, and
  
  responsible to, the company for the conduct of its business at the time of the
  
  commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall
  
  be liable to the 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 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 that the commission of the offence 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.