Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017)Chapter 17 : MiscellaneousPart 3 : Offences and penalties273. False or misleading information |
A person who provides to a financial sector regulator or the Reserve Bank, information in connection with the operation of a financial sector law, that the person knew or believed, or ought reasonably to have known or believed, to be false or misleading, including by omission, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding R10 000 000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment.