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Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Act, rules or the conditions ofa license or a direction given by the Chief Inspector under this Act or the rules shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine not exceeding five thousand rupees and, in the case ofcontinuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention. t 9. .( I ) Where an offence under thisActhas beencommitted bya company, every person who at the time the offence was committed, was in-charge ofand was responsible to, the company for the conduct ofthe business ofthe company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty ofthe 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 provided in this Act, ifhe proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge aridthat he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (I), where an 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 also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and . shall be liableto beproceededagainst and punishedaccordingly. Explanation. - For the purpose ofthis section -. (a) "Company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association ofindividuals and; (b) "Director" in relationto a firm, means a partner in the finn. THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 10, 2006 343 Cognizance of offences