South African Council for Educators Act, 2000
R 385
Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999)Chapter 10 : Financial MisconductPart 2 : Criminal proceedings86. Offences and penalties |
| (1) | An accounting officer is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, if that accounting officer willfully or in a grossly negligent way fails to comply with a provision of section 38, 39 or 40. |
| (2) | An accounting authority is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, if that accounting authority wilfully or in a grossly negligent way fails to comply with a provision of section 50, 51 or 55. |
| (3) | Any person, other than a person mentioned in section 66(2) or (3), who purports to borrow money or to issue a guarantee, indemnity or security for or on behalf of a department, public entity or constitutional institution, or who enters into any other contract which purports to bind a department, public entity or constitutional institution to any future financial commitment, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years. |
