Section 18
of Employees Provident Fund Act 1951
ActRepealedProvision 18 of 22
Section 18
(1)
Prosecutions in respect of any offence against the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulations or rules made thereunder may be conducted by any officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Chairman of the Board.
(2)
Where an offence under this Ordinance which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, he as well as the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.