Section 69 – THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957

Offences by companies

— (1) Where any offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every
person who at the time the offence 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 such offence and
shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any 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 an offence under this Act has been
committed by a company, and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of, or is
attributable to any negligence 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.—Forthepurposes ofthissection—
(a) “company”means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of persons; and
(b) “director”, in relation to a firm means a partner in the firm.

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