Penalties

(1) Any person who commits an offence under this Act or any statutory instrument made under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than one thousand 34 Belize dollars ($1,000.00) or to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months, two years, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (2) Where particular provision is made by this Act or any Regulations made under this Act for a lesser penalty than that which would apply under this section, that lesser penalty shall apply to the exclusion of the penalty which would otherwise be applicable under this section. (3) It shall be a defence to any charge of an offence under Regulations which, at the time of the act charged as an offence, had been published only in the manner permitted by section 31(10) of this Act, for the person charged to show that he did not see or hear an announcement or see a notice or learn from credible sources that the act charged constituted an offence.