Section 32
Section 32
Any person who would have been guilty of a forest offence if anything had been done or omitted by him personally, shall be guilty of such offence and liable to the penalty prescribed therefor if such thing has been done or omitted by his partner, agent or servant unless such person proves to the satisfaction of the Court before which he is charged that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the doing or omission of such thing:
Provided that –
(a)
nothing in this subsection shall affect the liability of such partner, agent or servant; and
(b)
the liability of such person shall not extend to imprisonment unless he was privy to the act or omission concerned.
(2)
Where a person convicted of a forest offence is a body corporate, every person who, at the time of the commission of such offence was a director, manager, secretary or other officer of such body corporate or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall be guilty of that offence unless he proves that such offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission thereof.
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Penalties.