State Act

The Punjab Safety Measures for Prevention and Control of Fire Act, 2012.

This Act was repealed on 26 November 2024 by the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service Act, 2024 (Punjab Act 12 of 2024), s.79(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

13. (1) 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 th business of the company as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against the 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) Nothwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence made under this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance or, or 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 purpose of this section.– (a) “conpany” means a body corporate and includes a firm or other association of indivuduals; and (b) “director”in relation to that of a firm, means a partner in the firm.