If any person contravenes any order made under section 65, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.
(1) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company or body corporate, every person who at the time the offence was committed, was 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 the contravention and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided in this Act, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance of or 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 purpose of this section-
(a) "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals;
and
(b) "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.
No prosecution for offences punishable under sections 55 and 56 shall be instituted except with the previous sanction of the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, or of any officer authorised in this behalf, by general or special order, by such Government.
Section 33 Requisition by the District Authority
Section 35 Central Government to take measures
Section 36 Responsibilities of Ministries or Departments of Government of India
Section 37 Disaster management plans of Ministries or Departments of Government of India
Section 38 State Government to take measures
Section 39 Responsibilities of departments of the State Government
Section 40 Disaster management plan of departments of State
Section 41 Functions of the local authority
Section 42 National Institute of Disaster Management
Section 43 Officers and other employees of the National Institute
Section 44 National Disaster Response Force
Section 45 Control, direction, etc
Section 46 National Disaster Response Fund
Section 47 National Disaster Mitigation Fund
Section 48 Establishment of funds by State Government
Section 49 Allocation of funds by Ministries and Departments
Section 50 Emergency procurement and accounting
Section 51 Punishment for obstruction, etc
Section 52 Punishment for false claim
Section 53 Punishment for misappropriation of money or materials, etc
Section 54 Punishment for false warning
Section 55 Offences by Departments of the Government
Section 57 Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning
Section 58 Offence by companies
Section 59 Previous sanction for prosecution
Section 60 Cognizance of offences
Section 61 Prohibition against discrimination
Section 62 Power to issue direction by Central Government
Section 63 Powers to be made available for rescue operations
Section 64 Making or amending rules, etc., in certain circumstances
Section 65 Power of requisition of resources, provisions, vehicles, etc., for rescue operations, etc
Section 66 Payment of compensation
Section 67 Direction to media for communication of warnings, etc
Section 68 Authentication of orders or decisions
Section 69 Delegation of powers Section 70 Annual report Section 71 Bar of jurisdiction of court
Section 72 Act to have overriding effect
Section 73 Action taken in good faith
Section 74 Immunity from legal process
Section 75 Power of Central Government to make rules
Section 76 Power to make regulations
Section 77 Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament