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National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998)

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Regulations to domesticate the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in International Trade, 2021

Chapter 6 : General Matters

11. Penalties

 

A person convicted of an offence under these Regulations is liable to:

 

(a) a minimum fine not exceeding 5 million Rands or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years in the case of a first offence;

 

(b) in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, a fine not exceeding 10 million Rands or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years; and

 

(c) in both instances, both such fine and such imprisonment.