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Tourism Act, 1993 (Act No. 72 of 1993)

28. Offences and penalties

 

 

Any person who-

a) professes to be a member of a grading and classification scheme referred to in section 18, or of a scheme referred to in section 19, while he is not such a member;
b) uses in relation to any accommodation establishment conducted by him any depiction or depictions of a star or stars, unless he is a member of a scheme referred to in paragraph (a);
c) uses in relation to any accommodation establishment conducted by him an insignia depicting a number of stars which is greater than the number which he is authorized to depict in terms of such scheme;
d) contravenes section 21(9)(a) or (10);
e) fails to render his assistance as required by section 22 to a buyer referred to in that section,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.