Section 7: Offences and penalties
consolidated text (as at 2018). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
7. Offences and penalties
(1) Any person who contravenes section 5 shall commit an offence and
shall, on conviction, be liable to penal servitude.
(2) The Court before which a person is convicted of an offence under
subsection (1)—
(a) shall, in addition to any penalty imposed by the Court, order any
biological agent or toxin in respect of which the offence was
committed, to be forfeited to the State; or
(b) may make such other order for the disposal of the biological
agent or toxin as appropriate in the circumstances.
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(3) The person from whom the material was seized shall pay to the State
such reasonable expenses as may have been incurred for its disposal.