Offence by companies etc.

Where a person, committing an offence under this Act is a company, or other body corporate, or an association of persons (whether incorporated or not), every person, who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary, agent, or other officer or person concerned with the management thereof shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent, be liable to the punishment provided for the offence.