| (1) |
Any person who contravenes any provision of this Act or who fails to comply with any such provision with which it is his or her duty to comply, shall, even where such contravention or failure is not elsewhere declared an offence, be guilty of an offence. |
| (2) |
Any person guilty of an offence under this Act shall, where no punishment is expressly provided for such offence, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R10 000. |
| (b) |
contravenes or fails to comply with any condition of a permit issued under section 33; |
| (i) |
hinders or obstructs an inspector in the exercise of his or her powers or the performance of his or her duties under section 31; |
| (ii) |
without valid excuse refuses or fails to answer to the best of his or her ability any question which an inspector in the exercise of his or her powers or the performance of his or her duties under the said section has put to him or her; |
| (iii) |
refuses or fails to comply to the best of his or her ability with any requirement made by an inspector in the exercise of his or her powers or the performance of his or her duties under the said section; |
| (iv) |
wilfully furnishes to any inspector any information which is false or misleading; |
| (v) |
falsely holds himself or herself out to be an inspector; |
| (d) |
contravenes or fails to comply with any determination made in terms of section 12, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R20 000.
| (4) |
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of section 32, 32A or 34 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R10 000. |
Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
