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Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities Act, 2002 (Act No. 19 of 2002)

Part 8 : Miscellaneous Matters

41. Offences and penalties

 

1) A person commits an offence if that person-
a) wilfully disrupts the proceedings of the Commission, or a committee of the Commission, or a session of a national consultative conference;
b) wilfully hinders, obstructs or threatens members of the Commission or of a committee of the Commission, or delegates to a national consultative conference, in the exercise of their powers or the performance of their duties in terms of this Act;
c) does anything calculated to influence the Commission or a committee of the Commission improperly in its consideration of a matter;
d) after having been summoned in terms of section 7(2)(a) fails-
i) to be present at a meeting of the Commission or an investigating committee at the time and place specified in the summons; or
ii) to remain present until excused by the Commission or committee; or
e) after having been called in terms of section 7(2)(b) refuses-
i) to appear before the Commission or the committee;
ii) to answer any question; or
iii) to produce a document specified in the summons, or in that person’s custody at the meeting.

 

2) Any person convicted of an offence in terms of subsection (1) is liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or to both a fine and such imprisonment.