Section 55: Offences by Departments of the Government.

The Disaster Management Act, 2005Central Act · Act 53 of 2005

(1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by any Department of the Government, the head of the Department shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a Department of the Government 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 officer, other than the head of the Department, such officer shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Disaster Management Act, 2005
Section	55
Marginal note	Offences by Departments of the Government.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	2

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