Section 126A: Fixed penalties

126A. Fixed penalties (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, where a person commits an offence specified in the second column of the Third Schedule, the authorised officer who detects the offence may serve on that person a notice in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule, calling upon him to pay in respect of the offence, the appropriate fixed penalty specified in the third column of the Third Schedule. (2) A notice under subsection (1) shall— (a) be drawn in triplicate; and (b) specify— (i) the name and address of the person committing the offence; T11 – 65 [Issue 4] Tourism Authority Act (ii) the time and place of the offence; (iii) the nature of the offence; (iv) the fixed penalty provided for the offence; (v) the time within which the fixed penalty is to be paid; (vi) the place where the fixed penalty is payable; (vii) the name and identification number of the authorised officer who detected the offence. (3) The authorised officer who detects the offence shall— (a) cause the original of the notice to be served on the offender as soon as is reasonably practicable, but not later than 10 days after the commission of the offence, by sending it by registered post at the usual or last known place of residence or business of the offender; (b) forward one copy to the Authority; and (c) retain one copy. (4) Every person who is served with a notice under subsection (1) shall, within 14 days of the service and upon production of the notice, pay the fixed penalty in the prescribed manner to the Authority. (5) Where a person who has been served with a notice under subsection (1) fails to pay the fixed penalty within the time limit specified in the notice, the Authority may institute criminal proceedings against him for the offence in respect of which he was served with the notice and the person shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine which shall not be less than twice the amount of the fixed penalty. [S. 126A inserted by s. 29 (c) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]