The Advisory Committee shall advice the State Government on the enforcement of the provisions of the Act.

Contravention by companies. - (1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who, at the time of contravention 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 if he proves that the contravention was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such contravention.

1. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any contravention under this Act has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer such director, manager, secretary or other officer, shall be deemed to be guilty of that contravention and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Explanation.- For the purpose 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.