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Pharmacy Act, 1974 (Act No. 53 of 1974)

Chapter V : Disciplinary Powers of the Council

45B. Recovery of fines and cost orders

 

(1) Any fine imposed in terms of this Act shall, unless an appeal has been noted against such penalty, be paid to the council within 14 days after the imposition thereof, or within such extended period and in such instalments as the council may in its discretion determine.

 

(2) Any cost order made in terms of this Act shall—
(a) in the event of such order being made against the pro forma complainant or against the council be paid by the council within 14 days after the amount thereof has been fixed;
(b) in the event of such order being made against any other person be paid to the council within 14 days after the amount thereof has been fixed, or within such extended period and in such instalments as the council may in its discretion determine.

 

(3) The imposition of a fine or the making of a cost order in terms of this Act shall have the effect of a judgment in civil proceedings in the magistrate's court of the district in which the person liable to pay such fine resides or has his or her registered address or main place of business.