Cessation order

(1) Where a person fails to carry out an environmental impact assessment or any other duty imposed by this Act or any Regulations made thereunder, the Commissioner or the person referred to in section 3 may issue an order in writing to such person directing him to cease, by such date as specified in the order, the activity in respect of which the environmental impact assessment or duty, as the case may be, is required. (2) Where a person to whom an order is issued under sub- section (1) fails to take such steps as he considers appropriate to ensure the cessation of the activity to which the order relates, he commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for 26 a term not exceeding five years, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. Interpretation in