law: Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
  41. Offences by Government Departments.
  (1)
  
  Where an offence under this Act has been committed by any Department of Government,
  
  the Head of the Department shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence shall be
  
  liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly :
  Provided that
  
  nothing contained in this section shall render such Head of the Department
  
  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 Department of Government 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 officer, other than the Head of
  
  the Department, such officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence
  
  and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.