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Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998)Chapter 5 : Incapacity and Misconduct19. Conducting business with State |
(1) | An educator may not— |
(a) | conduct business with the State; or |
(b) | be a director of a public or private company conducting business with the State. |
(2) | A contravention of subsection (1)— |
(a) | is an offence, and any person found guilty of such offence is liable, on conviction, to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment; and |
(b) | constitutes serious misconduct, and the employer must terminate the employment of any person who is alleged to have contravened the subsection and who, during a disciplinary process, is found guilty of such misconduct. |
[Section 19 inserted by section 49 of the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 32 of 2024), Notice No 5212, GG51258, dated 16 September 2024 – effective 24 December 2024 per Proclamation Notice 237 of 2024]