National Agricultural Seeds Decree 1992 No. 72 A 651 28. When any person has been convicted under this Decree for the contravention of any of the provisions of this Decree or of any regulations made thereunder, the seed in respect of which the contravention has been committeed may be forfeited to the Government. Forfeiture of property. 29.-(1) Where an offence under this Decree has been committed by a company, 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 w l l as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offerice and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: Offences by .companies. Provided that nothing contained in this subsection shall render any such person liable to any punishment under this Decree 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. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) of this section, has been committed by a company and it is where an offence under this proved that the offace has been 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. 30. Nothing in this Decree shall apply to any seed of any notified kind or variety grown by a person and delivered by him on his own premises direct to another person without any monetary consideration for being used by that person for the purpose of sowing or planting. Exemption. - PART 111 STAFF OF THE COUNCIL 31. There shall be appointed by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, on the recommendation of the Minister, a Director-General of the Council who shall be the chief' executive of the Council and be responsible for execution of the policies and day-to-day running of the affairs of the Council. Director of the Council. 32.-(1) Subject to this Decree, the Council may appoint such other palsons as members of its staff as it considers necessary and may approve wrditions of service for the staff. Staff generally. (2) If the Council thinks it expedient that any vacancy in the staff of the Council should be filled by a'person holding oftice in any of the public services in the Federation, it shall inform the appropriate body to that effect and