Chapter 7 Legal Proceedings and Offences
92. Penalties

 

 

1)        Any person convicted of an offence in terms of section 87, may be sentenced to a fine or to imprisonment to be determined by the court.

 

2)        Any person convicted of an offence in terms of section 90(a) or (b)(i), may be sentenced to the penalty applicable to a similar offence in a magistrate's court.

 

3)        Any person convicted of an offence in terms of section 90(c)(ii), may be sentenced to any penalty that may be imposed in law for perjury.

 

4)        Any person convicted of an offence in terms of this Act for which no penalty is otherwise expressly determined, may be sentenced to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.

 

5)        Any person convicted of an offence in terms of any section mentioned in Column 1 of the Table below, may be sentenced to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding the period mentioned in Column 2 of that Table opposite the number of that section.

 

Table of Maximum Terms of Imprisonment

Section under which convicted

Maximum term of imprisonment

15

2 years

16

1 year

21(1), (3) or(4)

2 years

22

2 years

24

1 year

52

2 years

53

2 years

62

2 years

66(3)

2 years

70

2 years

71

2 years

84

2 years

85

1 year

86

3 years

88

2 years

89

1 year

90(b)(ii) or (c)(i)

2 years