General offences and penalties

(1) A person who contravenes sections 7, 8, 11(3)(c), 13, 15(2), 23(1), 24(6), 26 or 33(4) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction– (a) in the case of an individual, to a fine of one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of four years, or to both; or (b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine of five hundred thousand dollars, and if the offence is a continuing one, to an additional fine of ten thousand dollars for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues. (2) Where an offence under this Act, committed by a body corporate, is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any officer, director, manager or employee of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, commits that offence and is liable on summary conviction to the penalty under sub- section (1).