Section 27 — Offences by companies. | THE INTER-STATE MIGRANT WORKMEN (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT

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27. 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 had 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 or other association of           

individuals; and 

(b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.

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