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Section 3A: Offences by companies

The Telangana Gaming Act, 1974

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code for the Government of Telangana (Home Department): the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974 as in force in the combined State on 2 June 2014, adapted to Telangana under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 by the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016 (G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016), with amendments up to Act No.29 of 2017.

Amendments made by Andhra Pradesh after 2 June 2014, such as the Andhra Pradesh Gaming (Amendment) Act, 2020 (A.P. Act 43 of 2020), do not apply in Telangana and are not in this text.

1[Where a person committing a contravention of this section or any other provisions of this Act is a company, every person who, at the time of the contravention was committed, was incharge of, and was responsible to the company, for the conduct of the business of the company as well as the company, its managing directors and other directors, shall be deemed to be guilty of the contravention and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to punishment if he proves that the contravention took place without his knowledge of that he exercised all due diligence to prevent such contravention.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Inserted by Act No.29 of 2017.