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Section 24: Penalties.

The Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951Central Act · Act 65 of 1951

[(1) If any person contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of--

(i) the provisions of sub-section (1) [or sub-section (4) of section 10 or of sub-section (1) of section 11 or of section 11A or of sub-section (1) of section 13 [or of [sub-sections (2), (2A), (2D), (2F) and (2G) of section 29B]], or

(ii) any direction issued under section 16 or sub-section (3) of section 18B, or

(iii) any order made under section 18G, or

(iv) any rule the contravention of which is made punishable under this section,

[he shall be liable to penalty which may extend to twenty-five lakh rupees.]]

(2) If the person contravening any of the said provisions is a company, every person who at the time the offence was committed was 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 deemed to be guilty of the contravention 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, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), 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 or 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 liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Explanation.--For the purposes of this section,--

(a) "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and

(b) "director" in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951
Section24
Marginal notePenalties.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. . Subs. by s. 15, ibid., for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 1-10-1953).
  • inserted, Act 67 of 1973. . Ins. by Act 67 of 1973, s. 3 (w.e.f. 7-2-1974).
  • inserted, Act 71 of 1956. . Ins. by Act 71 of 1956, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-3-1957).
  • substituted, Act 4 of 1984. . Subs. by Act 4 of 1984, s. 4, for "sub-section (2) of section 29B" (w.e.f. 12-1-1984).
  • substituted, Act 18 of 2023. . Subs. by Act 18 of 2023, s. 2 and Schedule, for long line (w.e.f. 12-12-2023).

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