Section 15-A: Offences by companies

The Uttar Pradesh Accommodation Requistion Act, 1947State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 25 of 1947

[15-A. (1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, the company as well as every person in charge of and responsible to the company for the conduct of its business at the time of the commission of the offence 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 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 a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of or that the commission of the offence is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, 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 by body corporate, and include 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

Act	The Uttar Pradesh Accommodation Requistion Act, 1947
Section	15-A
Marginal note	Offences by companies
Jurisdiction	State of Uttar Pradesh
Status	In 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.

inserted, U. P. Act 38 of 1972. Inserted by section 5 of U. P. Act 38 of 1972

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