law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  88. Offences by Government departments.
  1.       Where
  
  an offence under this Act has been committed by any department of the
  
  Government, the head of the department, 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 section shall render any
  
  person liable to any punishment if such person proves that the offence was
  
  committed without his knowledge or that such person 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 Department of the 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.