Section 20A
Liability of office-bearers, etc.
of Common Gaming Houses Act 1953
Without prejudice to any other provision in any written law, where an offence under this Act has been committed, whether or not any person has been convicted in respect thereof, and such an offence has been committed or is purported to have been committed by any society, company or firm, every office-bearer of such society and every director of such company and every person managing or assisting in the management of such society, company or firm at the time of the commission of such offence, shall be guilty of such offence and shall be liable to the punishment prescribed therefor, unless he establishes to the satisfaction of the Court that the offence was committed without his knowledge and that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
(2)
Any office-bearer, director, partner and any person managing or assisting in the management of such society, company or firm shall be liable to be prosecuted under this section, notwithstanding that he may not have taken part in the commission of the offence.