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Environment Conservation Act, 1989 (Act No. 73 of 1989)

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Regulations for the Prohibition of the Use, Manufacturing, Import and Export of Asbestos and Asbestos Containing Materials, 2007

8. Offences

 

1) Any person who contravenes any provision of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding        R100 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or to both such fine and imprisonment, and to a fine not exceeding three times the commercial value of anything in respect of which the offence was committed.

 

2) Any person convicted in terms of these Regulations who, after such conviction, persists in the act or omission, which constituted such offence, shall be guilty of a continuing offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R250 or to imprisonment not exceeding 20 days or to both such fine and such imprisonment in respect of every day on which such offence continues.