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Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007 (Act No. 21 of 2007)

Chapter 8 : Offences and Penalties

52. General offences and penalties

 

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if that person—
(a) contravenes or fails to comply with section 20(1);
(b) undertakes a declared activity in contravention of a notice published by the Minister in terms of section 23(1) or a decision taken in terms of section 23(3);
(c) contravenes or fails to comply with a condition prescribed in terms of section 27(2);
(d) contravenes or fails to comply with a national standard or measure prescribed in terms of section 37(1) or any standard incorporated into law in terms of section 37(2);
(e) contravenes any condition imposed in any authorisation or exemption issued in terms of this Act or prescribed in terms of this Act;
(f) hinders or interferes with a management authority or an official, member or staff member of a management authority in the performance of official duties; or
(g) knowingly supplies false information as part of any public participation process conducted in terms of section 42, or in any report submitted in terms of section 25(4)(a); or
(h) falsely professes to be an official, member or staff member of a management authority or the interpreter or assistant of such an official.

 

(2) A person convicted of an offence in terms of subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R1 000 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both a fine and such imprisonment.

 

 


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