| (a) |
convenes a gathering in respect of which no notice or no adequate notice was given in accordance with the provisions of section 3; or |
| (b) |
after giving notice in accordance with the provisions of section 3, fails to attend a relevant meeting called in terms of section 4(2)(b); or |
| (c) |
contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of section 8 in regard to the conduct of a gathering or demonstration; or |
| (d) |
knowingly contravenes or fails to comply with the contents of a notice or a condition to which the holding of a gathering or demonstration is in terms of this Act subject; or |
| (e) |
in contravention of the provisions of this Act convenes a gathering, or convenes or attends a gathering or demonstration prohibited in terms of this Act; or |
| (h) |
contravenes or fails to comply with the provisions of section 4(6); or |
| (i) |
supplies or furnishes false information for the purposes of this Act; or |
| (j) |
shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable— |
| (i) |
in the case of a contravention referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j), to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment; and |
| (ii) |
in the case of a contravention referred to in paragraph (k), to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years. |
[paragraph (j) substituted by section 5(c) of Act No. 15 of 2013]
| (k) |
who is in possession of or carrying any object referred to in section 8(4) in contravention of that section. |
[paragraph (k) inserted by section 5(b) of Act No. 15 of 2013]
shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding R20 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
| (2) |
It shall be a defence to a charge of convening a gathering in contravention of subsection (1)(a) that the gathering concerned took place spontaneously. |
Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
