| (a) |
contravenes the provisions of regulation 2.1; |
| (b) |
publishes false or misleading information in regard to registration under regulation 4, including additional information not approved by the SABS under regulation 4.5; |
| (c) |
fails to comply with any condition imposed under regulation 5.1 or 6.1 ; |
| (d) |
fails to surrender a registration certificate in accordance with regulation 6.3; or |
[Regulation 10.1(d) corrected by Notice No. 117 dated 2 February 1996]
| (e) |
fails to make payment of any amount due in terms of regulation 9, |
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction—
| (i) |
in the case of an offence referred to in subregulation (a) to (c) to a fine not exceeding R4 000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 1 year, or both that fine and imprisonment; |
| (ii) |
in the case of an offence referred to in subregulation (d) to (e) to a fine not exceeding R2 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both that fine and imprisonment; and |
| (iii) |
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction the amount of the fine and the period of such imprisonment shall be double that referred to in (i) and (ii). |
| 10.2 |
A court convicting any person of an offence referred to in 10.1(e) may, in addition to any penalty it may impose, order that any amount due be paid by the accused, which order may be executed as if it were a civil judgment given under the Magistrate's Court Act, 1944 (Act 32 of 1944). |
Statistics Act, 1999
