law: Drugs and Magic Remedies, 1954
  9. Offences by companies-
  (1) the person contravening any of the
  
  provisions of this Act is 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 contravention 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 prove that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of or
  
  is attributable to any neglect on the part of any director or manager secretary
  
  or other officer of the company such director manager secretary or other
  
  officer of the company shall also he 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.