Cessation order

(1) Where a person fails to carry out an environmental impact assessment as required under this Act or any regulations made thereunder or fails to comply with the provisions of section 16, the Department may issue an order in writing to such person directing him to cease, by such date as shall be specified in the order, the activity in respect of which the permit or environmental impact assessment, as the case may be, is required. 56 (2) Where the 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 twenty-five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of not less than five years and not exceeding eight years, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment.