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Offences by educational institution—(1) Where an offence under this Act, has been committed by an educational institution, every person, who at the time the offence was committed, as in charge of, and was responsible to, the educational institution for the conduct of the business of the educational institution, as well as the educational institution, 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 an educational institution and it is proved that the offence has been committee with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to, any neglect on the part of, any teacher, employee or other officer of the educational institution, such teacher employee or other officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.