15. Penalties
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(1) Subject to this section any person who commits an offence under this Act shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (Amended by Act 19 of 2019)
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(2) Where an offence is made punishable under any regulations made under this Act and the act default or commission occasioning the offence continues whereby in the circumstances the offence is a continuing one any person who continues such offence after being convicted of the original offence is liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each day on which the offence continues after conviction.
However, the court by which a person is convicted of the original offence may fix a reasonable period from the date of conviction for compliance by that person with any directions given by the Court and, where a court has fixed such a period the daily penalty shall not be recoverable in respect of any day before the expiration thereof. (Amended by Act 19 of 2019)
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(3) Despite section 17(10) of the Interpretation Act limiting the punishment which may be imposed by way of a fine or imprisonment for the contravention of any statutory instrument, there may be annexed to the contravention or failure to comply with any regulation made under this Act a punishment by way of fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (Amended by Act 19 of 2019)