Section 70: Offences and penalties

70. Offences and penalties (1) Any person who— (a) contravenes section 8 (1) or (9), 9 (1) or (2), 10 (1), 12 (1) (a), (b), (e) to (g), 13 (1), 14 (3), 16 (1), 18 (1) or (3), 19, 20 (2) or (3), 21 (1), (2) (a), (4) or (5), 26 (3), 28 (1), 32, 33 (1) or (2), 36 (2), 41 (1) or (2), 42 (1), 46 (1), (2) or (3), 47 (1), 48 (1), 50 (1), 51 (1) or (2) or 69 (2) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees; (b) contravenes section 8D (1) (a), (b) or (c), 14 (1) or (2), 15 (1), 17 (1), 22 (2) (a), 23 (1) (a) or (2), 25 (2), 26 (1), 27 (1), or 69 (1) or (3) (a) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees; (c) contravenes section 8B (1) (a), (b) or (c), 17 (2), 24, 25 (1), 36 (1), 39 (1) or 57 (1) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 3,000,000 rupees; (d) fails to comply with any term or condition imposed under section 8 (5) (b), 9 (3), 13 (2), 16 (2), 17 (3), 18 (2) (b), 21 (2) (b), 22 (1) (b) or (2) (b), 23 (1) (b), 29 (4) (b), 36 (5) (a), 44 (3), 47 (2), 50 (3) or 69 (3) (b) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 50,000 rupees; (e) contravenes section 10 (1) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees; (f) contravenes section 12 (1) (c) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years; (g) contravenes section 12 (1) (d), 40 (2), 52, 53 or 54 shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 20,000 US dollars; (h) contravenes section 34 (1), 34 (2) or 40 (3) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine, payable in the currency of the licence fee, not exceeding 100 times the amount payable as licence fee for a period of 30 days or 1,000,000 US dollars, whichever is the higher. [S. 70 amended by s. 11 (e) of Act 18 of 2008 w.e.f. 19 July 2008; s. 13 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 1 March 2012; s. 12 (b) of Act 20 of 2011 w.e.f. 1 March 2014.] F15 – 37 [Issue 6] Fisheries and Marine Resources Act