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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

Regulations

Regulations issued in terms of Section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (COVID-19)

Chapter 3 : Adjusted Alert Level 4

31. Offences and penalties

 

(1) For the duration of the national state of disaster, any person who—
(a) convenes a gathering;
(b) contravenes a prohibition; or
(c) hinders, interferes with, or obstructs an enforcement officer in the exercise of his or her powers, or the performance of his or her duties in terms of these Regulations,

is guilty of an offence and, on conviction, liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

 

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, any person who fails to comply with or contravenes the provisions of regulations 15B(2), 15B(3), 17(1), 17(3), 17(4)(a), 19(1), 24(1) and 24(2), 28(3)(a), 29(1) and 29(2) of these Regulations commits an offence and is, on conviction, liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

 

[Regulation 30 substituted by section 4 of Notice No. R. 565, GG44772, dated 27 June 2021]