Penalty amount to be credited to Environmental Protection Fund.~Where any penalty — THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986

Penalty amount to be credited to Environmental Protection Fund.~Where any penalty

15E. Penalty amount to be credited to Environmental Protection Fund.~Where any penalty o additional penalty, as the case may be, is imposed under sections 14A, 14B, 15, 1SA or section ISB, the amount of the penalty shall be credited to the Environmental Protection Fund established under section 16. 15F . Offence for failure to pay penalty or additional penalty. Where any person fails to pay the penalty or additional penalty, as the case may be, under sections 14A, 14B, 15, 15A or section 1SB within ninety days of such imposition, he shall be liable for imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to twice the amount of the penalty or with both. (2) Where any offence under sub-section (Z) has been committed by a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was directly in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of offence and he shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any person liable to any punishment provided in sub-section (1), if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge Or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), where an offence has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent O connivance of, 0r is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary Or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary Or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. Explanation. For the purposes of this section, "company' includes body corporate, firm; trust, society and any other association of individuals; (b) "director" includes director of the company, partner of the firm; members of the society OT trust O member of any association of individuals, as the case may be:] I[CHAPTER IIIA FUND, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

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