Pharmacy Act, 1974
R 385
Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (Act No. 37 of 2002)Chapter VI : EnforcementPart 2 : Other enforcement measures36. Offences and penalties |
Any person who—
(a) | contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of section 7(1) or (3), 8(8), 8(10)(a), 13(1) or (2), 14(1), 17(4), 18, 19(2), 19(4) or 34(4) or (6); |
(b) | in any application in terms of this Act, deliberately makes a misleading, false or deceptive statement, or conceals any material fact, is guilty of an offence and is on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding R1 000 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. |
(c) | in the execution of duties imposed by this Act gives an appointed auditor or compliance officer information which is false, misleading or conceals any material fact; or |
(d) | is not a representative appointed or mandated by an authorised financial services provider in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and who in any way declares, pretends, gives out, maintains or professes to be a person who is authorised to render financial services to clients on the basis that the person is appointed or mandated as a representative by another representative, |
is guilty of an offence and is on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding R10 million or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or both such fine and such imprisonment.
[Section 36 amended by section 198(a) and (b) of Act No. 45 of 2013]