Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
R 385
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007)RegulationsCriminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) RegulationsPart II : Regulations on National Register for Sex Offenders under Section 53 of the Act20. Offences and penalties |
| (1) | Subject to section 52(2) and (3) of the Act, any person who, without authorisation— |
| (a) | gains or attempts to gain access to the data base of the Register; |
| (b) | tampers with or attempts to tamper with any information contained in the data base of the Register; or |
| (c) | distributes, publishes or in any other manner makes any information contained in the data base of the Register available to any other person, |
is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to both a fine and such imprisonment.
| (2) | Any person who applies for the removal of his or her particulars from the Register who falsely declares that there are no criminal proceedings against him or her, for allegedly having committed a sexual offence against a person who is vulnerable, is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
[Regulation 20(2) substituted by section 6 of Notice No. R.2383, GG46736, dated 19 August 2022]
