Liability of employer for offence committed by employee or agent

Liability of employer for offence committed by employee or agent. The holder of a licence, permit, or pass under this Act as well as the actual offender, shall be liable to punishment, for any offence punishable under section 61, section 62, section 63, section 63-A, section 64 or section 65; committed by any person in his employ or acting on his behalf as if he had himself committed the same, unless he shall establish that all due and reasonable precautions were exercised by him to prevent the commission of such offence Provided that no person other than the actual offender shall be punished with imprisonment except in default of payment of fine.