law: Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
  18.Penalty. -
  1[(1)If any employer contravenes any of the
  
  provisions of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder, he shall be
  
  punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
  (I-A) Whoever, having been convicted of any
  
  offence under this Act, is again convicted of an offence involving the
  
  contravention of the same provision, shall be punishable with fine, which may
  
  extend to five hundred rupees.
  (I-B) Where an offence 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
  
  subsection shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided in
  
  this section, 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.
  (I-C) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  subsection (I -B), where an offence under this section has been committed by a
  
  company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent
  
  or connivance of, or that the commission of the offence is attributable to, any
  
  gross negligence on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other
  
  officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer
  
  shall also be deemed to be guilty of such offence shall be liable to be
  
  proceeded against and punished accordingly.
  (I-D) 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.]
  (2)No Court inferior to that of a Presidency
  
  Magistrate or a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable
  
  under this section.
  (3)No Court shall take cognizance of an
  
  offence under this section, unless the complaint thereof was made within six
  
  months of the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.
  1.Subs. by Act 65 of 1962, Sec, 6, for sub-
  
  section (1) (w.e.f 15, January 1963).