Section 60, Environment Protection Agency Act, 2008

Where an offence has been committed by a company or byany member of a partnership, firm or business, every director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company directly connected with the project or any other member of the partnership or other person connected with the management of such firm or business shall be guilty of such offence unless he proves to the satisfaction of the court that– (a) he used all due diligence to secure compliance with the act; and (b) such offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance