Section 51: Offence by body corporate, etc.

Where an offence under this Part of this Act is committed by a body corporate, firm or other association of individuals-(a) every director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the corporate body;
(b) every partner or officer of the firm;
(c) every person concerned in the management of the affairs of the association; or
(d) every person who was purporting to act in any such capacity as aforesaid,
shall severally be guilty of that offence and liable to be prosecuted and punished for the offence in like manner as if he had himself committed the offence in an individual capacity, unless he proves that the act or omission constituting the offence took place without his knowledge, consent or connivance.