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(/) Where an offence under this Act has been Committed by a company, every person who, at the time, the offence was committed, was directly 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 deemcd to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be procvcded against and punished accordingly : Provided that notbing contained in this sub section shall render auy such person liable to any punishment provided in the Act if he proves that the offence was Commítted without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of suh offence. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (!), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company and it is nroved that the offence has becn committed with the consent or con nivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, Offences bycom panies. UNJAB GOVT GAZ. (EXTRA. MAY 13. 199. F (VYSK.23, 1916 SAKA, 203 — . “provided that the nme of the medical goncticist, pymaccologist or sored madical practitioner win has been convicted by a court o9) pa reported by the Arthority to the Punjab Medical Coun sh blishad andar sxetion 5 of the Punjab Mdical Registration Act, 1916 tt King suitable action inchuling that of suspension of his name fir the Register of the Panjab Mdical Council for a period of two yd for the first oltence and for parmwment removal for any subsequent Cars offence. . " y . 2) Any person who seeRs aid at aortic clinic, genetic laboratory all . genetic counselling centre of a medical geneticist or a gynaecologist > 5 medical practitioner ovany other person for carrying out pre-natal diagnostic techniques on pregnant woman for any purpose other than the purpose specified in sub-section (2) of section 4 shall, on conviction, pe liable to be punished with imprisoument for a term which shall not be loss than one year, but which mayextend to three years and with fine which shall not be less than one thousand rupees but which may extend to three thousand rupees or with both : Provided that the court shall always presume, unless otherwise proved, that a woman who seeks such aid of pre-natal diagnostic tech- niques on herself bas been compelled to do so by her husband or by any other member of his family who shall on conviction be liabic to be puni- shed for abetment of the offence under this sub-section for the same sentence and in that case the woman shall also be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months and to pay fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (3) Whoaver contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or any direction issu>d thereunder, for which no penalty has elsewhere been provided in this Act, shall bs punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may cxtend to one thousand rupees or with both, and in the case of continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to five hundred rupces for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (I), (2) and (3), the court may, for adequate and special reasons to be recorded in the judgement, impose sentence of imprisonment less than the minimum sentence that can be imposed under this Act.