law: Atomic Energy Act, 1962 
  25. 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, 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 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 and other
  
  association of individuals; and
  (b)
  
  "director" in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.