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(1) If the person committing an oEmce under this Act is a company, Oficnces by every person, who, at the time the offence was committed was in chargc of companies- and was responsiblc 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 &d shall be liable to he prncecded against and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-sccti~n shall render any such person liable to anypunishment provided under this Act, if beprov~ that the - offcnce was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due djligencc to prevent the commission of such offence. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (I), where an offence under tltisAct has been co~nmitted byacompanyand it is proved that the offencc has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any ncglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other ~Bccr, such director, msnager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed j to be guilty ofthat offence and shall be Iiable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Explanation.-For the purpose of this section- (a) "company" means a body corporare amd includes a finn or other association of individ-is; and 68 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 1 1977 : Haryana Act 13 (3) "director" in relation to a fmm means a partner in the firm. Fines when