Question
Under Section 17(1) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, for offences by Government Departments, who is deemed guilty?
Solution
Section 17(1) verbatim states "Where an offence... has been committed by any Department of Government, the Head of the Department shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly."​
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