law: The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 
  48. Offences by
  
  companies.-
  1.     
  
    Where
  
  any offence under Chapter VI has been committed by a company, every person who
  
  at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, or 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 had
  
  exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
  2.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under Chapter VI 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 anybody corporate, and includes a firm or other association of
  
  individuals; and
  b.     "director",
  
  in relation to a firm, means a partner of the firm.